The UN report on climate change published on Monday indicated that carbon emissions are at a record breaking high. Continuing in the same direction will mean a temperature increase of…
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Around the world, governments are pitting utilities companies against solar energy. Power companies threatened by the renewable energy transition are staging last ditch efforts to fight back. Amid the green…
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This week we explore how the recent flooding in central Europe might not be a one-off event, how the new space race by private companies can be bad for pollution,…
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For the second time this year, energy prices and gas prices are set to rise in Ireland. Electricity will rise by about 11% while gas will rise about 13%. Collectively…
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This week we explore how solar energy is heating up around the world, a controversial proposal for a wind farm in western Ireland, and how a tool is helping researchers…
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This week we explore a new wildlife and rural crime coordinator in North Wales, the uphill battle facing the Irish transport sector and the extreme heatwave that has taken over…
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On July 1, 2021 UrbanVolt Founder and CEO Kevin Maughan spoke at the inaugural US Ireland Summit. The aim of this conference was to steer the conversation around the US…
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According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland will fail to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. This is already a significant blow for the country’s renewable journey…
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This week we explore how carbon-storing peatlands in Ireland and across the world are drying out and the consequences of this, an anti-logging protest that has been going on in…
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