Dublin joins calls for safer trucks

18 cities write to European Commission president calling for improved pedestrian protections

Volkswagen to fit filters to petrol engines as legislation looms

Think petrol is automatically cleaner than diesel? Think again

Big oil declares war on the electric car

New lobby group funded by Koch brothers will try to convince governments to end electric vehicle subsidies

Water charges help us respect a scarce resource

Smart measures can help households and improve Ireland’s water supply problems

COP21: Aviation and shipping a climate law unto themselves

No tax is paid worldwide on aircraft or ship fuel despite those sectors’ huge emissions

James Nix: Volkwagen crisis provides pretext for overdue rise in tax on diesel

Environmental benefits of diesel no longer sufficient to justify lower rate of excise

Macra told laws needed to stop cheap selling of vegetables

Some 80 per cent of Ireland’s fruit and vegetables are imported

Environmentalists react with dismay to EC climate proposals

New plans described as ‘roll-back’ of EU’s leadership on climate change

Legal challenge to Offaly power plant

An Taisce was given leave by the High Court for a judicial review

An Taisce call on Government to amend its ‘roadmap’ for electricity generation

Environmental charity says roadmap needs to include reductions in energy demand

An Taisce challenges plans for Somerset nuclear plant

Heritage body takes London High Court case saying consultation on project not fully complete

New concerns over children’s hospital site

An Taisce calls for site to be moved from St James’s Hospital to land near Coombe

Britain’s nuclear move

Exile on main street: urban centres hard hit by out-of-town shopping magnets

Rates revenue has proven irresistible for local authorities when it comes to retail development