Year: 2021
Ireland's submissions under UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and National Emissions Ceiling Directive (NECD) include the Informative Inventory Report (IIR) and Nomenclature for Reporting (NFR) tables. The IIR and NFR contain detailed information on methodologies, activity data and emission factors and emissions for years 1990-2019.
Year: 2021
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of chemicals mainly produced during the 1900s, with potentially serious health and environmental effects.
Year: 2021
Numerous hazardous substances have been detected in landfill leachate including certain persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which can pose a serious risk to human health and the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commissioned a study to investigate landfill leachate for a range of POPs and other hazardous chemicals and to assess the disposal routes and management of the leachate.
Year: 2021
This plain English factsheet outlines the work done by the EPA monitoring aquatic invertabrates in our rivers.
Year: 2021
This plain English factsheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring phytobenthos in rivers and lakes.
Year: 2021
This plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring phytoplankton in lakes.
Year: 2021
Ireland's annual inventory submissions including the National Inventory Report (NIR) and Common Reporting Format (CRF) data files and supplementary information if available. The NIR contains transparent and detailed information on the inventory for years 1990-2019. The CRF tables contain all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, implied emission factors and activity data..
Year: 2021
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for February 2021outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland.
Year: 2021
This note provides good practice guidance on how to carry out strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of energy strategies/plans. It does not constitute statutory guidance and is intended to promote a good practice approach to the application of SEA in the energy sector.
PFAS in fire-fighting foam, February 2021
Year: 2021
A desktop study and survey of users of PFAS-containing fire-fighting foams highlighting the potential risks to human health and the environment via their disposal and use.
Year: 2021
This document presents Ireland’s national WFD monitoring programme for surface and groundwater bodies.
Year: 2021
This report presents the findings of an online survey carried out by Amárach in October 2020 on behalf of EPA to assess the attitudes of the public in Ireland to radiation.
A bulletin on rainfall, river flows, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows. , February 2021
Year: 2021
The majority of meteorological stations recorded monthly rainfall totals above their long-term average for January. It was wettest in the west, south west, north west and the Wicklow Uplands. River flows remained high in the west, north east and east of the country with average monthly flows above normal or particularly high at 47% of sites analysed.
Year: 2021
Through the National SEA Forum the SEA statutory environmental authorities in Ireland have jointly developed an SEA Action Plan to implement the key priority recommendations of the second SEA Effectiveness Review. The implementation of this Action Plan will be dependent on a shared responsibility in delivering the key priority recommendations.
Year: 2021
The EPA, in association with the other SEA environmental authorities, carried out a review of the progress made to date in the delivery of the various actions and recommendations in the 'SEA Effectiveness Review in Ireland Action Plan 2018–2020'. This Progress Update summarises the findings of this review.
Early estimates of Energy and Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, February 2021
Year: 2021
The dramatic decline in economic activity and travel in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is translating into greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the short term.
