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Tillage
Injecting carbon dioxide into the ground in the US
Siobhán Walsh
Earlier this year Siobhán Walsh visited ADM’s Carbon Capture and Storage Facility where Carbon Dioxide is injected and stored deep under ground.
4 December 2024 Climate and environment
Farming in the face of climate change
Teagasc senior researcher Dr Elodie Ruelle recently outlined how Irish farms will cope with a warmer and wetter climate. Caitríona Morrissey reports.
4 December 2024 Signpost Programme
Adapting farming to climate change
Ciarán Collins, Elodie Ruelle and Niall Farrelly of Teagasc outline some strategies to make crop and grass production, as well as forestry, more resilient to climate change.
Making progress on emissions reduction
Karl Richards, head of the Climate Centre, Teagasc, says that progress has been made in cutting carbon emissions on farms.
4 December 2024 Signpost Programme
New Commission looks set to stick to its guns on green agenda
Vows to cut red tape and allow EU businesses to become more competitive do not look like they will translate to any major loosening of Brussels’ green ambition, some experts maintain.
2 December 2024 News
Consumers urged to buy Irish vegetables this Christmas
Supermarkets have been proactively, whether intentionally or not, undermining the horticulture industry in Ireland, Kenneth Keavey of Green Earth Organics has said.
27 November 2024 News
Is there an agreed vision for Project Connect?
Some involved in the initiative want a strong voice for the agri-sector; others contend that Project Connect should simply be a research hub and data archive for the sector.
27 November 2024 Dealer
‘The dairy industry is constantly innovating’
With Dairy Day returning to SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork this week, we look at the variety of opportunities available within the dairy sector, writes Aretha Uamai.
20 November 2024 Careers
Department's forestry performance mulched
The LTWO called for an independent expert forestry group to direct future forestry policy and a dedicated minister to resolve the 'ongoing forestry crisis'.
20 November 2024 Dealer
Colm McCarthy - will COP 29 make a difference?
Flying 20,000 people to remote Baku will have made a non-trivial contribution to carbon emissions all on its own.
20 November 2024 Viewpoints
UK targets 81% reduction in emissions by 2035
UK leader went to COP 29 and while he made a tweak to UK emissions reduction commitment, the journey remains basically the same.
17 November 2024 News
DAERA consult on Just Transition Commission
A consultation on a new Just Transition Commission is open until early January 2025
13 November 2024 Northern Ireland