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Monday December 30th, 2013
DUP’s Simon Hamilton wins court bid to block Sinn Fein minister from reallocating £100m farm...
Belfast Telegraph
30 Dec 2013Ugandans fear curse of oil wealth as it threatens to blight ‘pearl of Africa’
Guardian
30 Dec 2013Turned out nice: hot summer makes it a vintage year for wildlife across the UK
Guardian
30 Dec 2013Thursday December 26th, 2013
Monday December 23rd, 2013
Solar farms feel the heat from ministers but industry hopes it can still sparkle
Guardian
23 Dec 2013Architects call for implementation of building regulations to be postponed
Irish Times
23 Dec 2013Thursday December 19th, 2013
Fracking could be allowed under homes in Britain without owners’ knowledge
Guardian
19 Dec 2013Heathrow and Gatwick shortlisted for new runway as airport options unveiled
Guardian
19 Dec 2013Monday December 16th, 2013
Thursday December 12th, 2013
Burying EirGrid powerlines would increase domestic energy bills, says regulator
Irish Times
12 Dec 2013Wind farms: Map reveals how they’ve swarmed across Northern Ireland in 13 years
Belfast Telegraph
12 Dec 2013China’s coal emissions responsible for ‘quarter of a million premature deaths’
Guardian
12 Dec 2013Monday December 9th, 2013
Firefighter numbers in Australia ‘will need to double by 2030 as climate change bites’
Guardian
9 Dec 2013Thursday December 5th, 2013
Planning Bill row: Horns pulled in over after ministerial sit-down
Belfast Telegraph
5 Dec 2013Monday December 2nd, 2013
Charity says coal-burning kills 1,600 a year as MPs vote on tighter controls
Guardian
2 Dec 2013Instead of buying your child a boring old iPad for Christmas, get them a stick
Guardian
2 Dec 2013Thursday November 28th, 2013
Google Earth reveals Persian gulf fish catch is six times larger than thought
Guardian
28 Nov 2013Russian company Martex to present plan for world’s first combined tidal and wave power plant...
Belfast Telegraph
28 Nov 2013Monday November 25th, 2013
Compromise climate deal reached in Warsaw but critics brand it inadequate
Irish Times
25 Nov 2013Thursday November 21st, 2013
Poor countries walk out of UN climate talks as compensation row rumbles on
Guardian
21 Nov 2013No 10 pours cold water on claim David Cameron wants to ‘get rid of green...
Guardian
21 Nov 2013Monday November 18th, 2013
NGOs criticise exclusion from Irish delegation to UN climate conference
Irish Times
18 Nov 2013Rural Ireland rises up against EirGrid plans for pylon network expansion
Irish Times
18 Nov 2013An organic solution to toxic groundwater – how Carlow wants to clean up China
Irish Independent
18 Nov 2013Majority of red-state Americans believe climate change is real, study shows
Guardian
18 Nov 2013Largest US public utility votes to close six coal-powered plants in Alabama
Guardian
18 Nov 2013Sunday November 10th, 2013
Monday November 4th, 2013
Thursday October 31st, 2013
Clean water to be fast-tracked in the West following third contamination
Irish Times
31 Oct 2013Water restrictions begin in Dublin as UK experts flown in to identify problem
Irish Independent
31 Oct 2013One third of Australia’s media coverage rejects climate science, study finds
Guardian
31 Oct 2013George Monbiot is mistaken – National Trust is not ‘anti-wind, pro-fracking’
Guardian
31 Oct 2013Monday October 28th, 2013
Farmers ‘face €2bn losses each year if climate change continues unchecked’, campaigners warn
Irish Times
28 Oct 2013Recycling boost as Northern Ireland’s landfill waste drops to 49%
Belfast Telegraph
28 Oct 2013Thursday October 24th, 2013
IPCC’s ‘carbon budget’ will not drive Warsaw talks, says Christiana Figueres
Guardian
24 Oct 2013XPRIZE dives into Earth’s final frontier – our oceans and their future health
Guardian
24 Oct 2013Antarctic marine reserve threatened by sunset clause, conservationists warn
Guardian
24 Oct 2013Al Gore attacks Tony Abbott’s refusal to link bushfires with climate change
Guardian
24 Oct 2013Monday October 21st, 2013
China’s need for nuclear power leads Britain to revive outdated technology
Guardian
21 Oct 2013Chevron suspends shale gas exploration plan in Romanian village after protest
Guardian
21 Oct 2013Thursday October 17th, 2013
Russians bid to build tidal power barrier across Strangford Lough
Belfast Telegraph
17 Oct 2013Monday October 14th, 2013
Cloudy with a chance of… climate change: Discovery that agricultural practices help form clouds could...
UK Independent
14 Oct 2013Could this scene in the heart of the Mournes be one day forested with wind...
Belfast Telegraph
14 Oct 2013Thursday October 10th, 2013
Limits on use of North Sea oil vital to protect climate, warns Mary Robinson
Guardian
10 Oct 2013Residents keep right to legally challenge €270m Ringsend sewage treatment extension
Irish Independent
10 Oct 2013Tree disease that’s spreading across Northern Ireland may be too advanced to stop
Belfast Telegraph
10 Oct 2013Monday October 7th, 2013
How Northern Ireland’s endangered birds are getting the space to thrive
Belfast Telegraph
7 Oct 2013Thursday October 3rd, 2013
Dangerous levels of radioactivity found at fracking waste site in Pennsylvania
Guardian
3 Oct 2013Minister Jimmy Deenihan urged to save remnants of medieval manse house in Kilkenny
Irish Times
3 Oct 2013Monday September 30th, 2013
Professor John Sweeney: We ignore global warming at our peril, and at huge cost to...
Irish Independent
30 Sep 2013IPCC: 30 years to climate calamity if we carry on blowing the carbon budget
Guardian
30 Sep 2013Thursday September 26th, 2013
Major fossil fuel reserves must be left in the ground, senior diplomat warns
Guardian
26 Sep 2013Why bigger isn’t always seen as better in Ireland’s expanding wind farm industry
Irish Times
26 Sep 2013Farmers to take €6,000 income hit as minister shelves eco-friendly scheme
Irish Independent
26 Sep 2013Sunday September 15th, 2013
Thursday September 12th, 2013
Allow more development in England’s national parks, says planning minister
Guardian
12 Sep 2013EPA conference: State spends tens of millions to clean up contaminated sites
Irish Independent
12 Sep 2013Illegal gold mining exposing Peru’s indigenous tribes to mercury poisoning
Guardian
12 Sep 2013Monday September 9th, 2013
Study says climate change exacerbated half of recent extreme weather events
Guardian
9 Sep 2013The signal goes out to open up Irish lighthouses as berths for tourists
Belfast Telegraph
9 Sep 2013Thursday September 5th, 2013
Cameron’s claim fracking will lower gas prices is baseless, says Lord Stern
Guardian
5 Sep 2013Simon Coveney says EU has ‘got it wrong’ on carbon emissions targets for agriculture
Irish Times
5 Sep 2013Monday September 2nd, 2013
It holds enough water to raise sea levels 50 metres, but East Antarctica ice sheet...
UK Independent
2 Sep 2013Giant surprise for naturalist as he snaps rare dragonfly at Causeway
Belfast Telegraph
2 Sep 2013Thursday August 29th, 2013
Monday August 26th, 2013
Government could ‘save €200m a year’ if it adopts energy efficient programme
Irish Times
26 Aug 2013Thursday August 22nd, 2013
Government lacks will to end illegal turf-cutting on protected bogs, environmentalist group says
Irish Times
22 Aug 2013Air pollution monitoring stations face closure as government looks to cut costs
Guardian
22 Aug 2013Green deal: just 133 households have signed up for energy efficiency scheme
Guardian
22 Aug 2013Monday August 19th, 2013
Planning Minister Jan O’Sullivan backs mayor’s proposed vacant site levy
Irish Times
19 Aug 2013Scene set for nuclear power row as EU rules on state aid due soon
Irish Independent
19 Aug 2013Thursday August 15th, 2013
Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cleanup In Japan Approaches Dangerous Operation
HuffingtonPostGreen
15 Aug 2013Urban greenway plan could bring to surface the hidden river that gave Belfast its name
Belfast Telegraph
15 Aug 2013The race to save a beautiful flower found in only three places in Northern Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
15 Aug 2013Monday August 12th, 2013
New Study Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Groundwater Near Fracking Sites
Pro Publica
12 Aug 2013Climate set to change “orders of magnitude” faster than at any other time in the...
Grist
12 Aug 2013Strange tale of Shell’s pipeline battle, the Garda and £30,000 worth of booze
Guardian
12 Aug 2013Thursday August 8th, 2013
Fracking boss faces growing tremors of resistance from public, press and Tories
Guardian
8 Aug 2013Survey finds 4,000 items of litter for each km of Northern Ireland coastline
Guardian
8 Aug 2013Sunday August 4th, 2013
Revealed: how UK water companies are polluting Britain’s rivers and beaches
Guardian
4 Aug 2013Bitter dispute over turf-cutting on raised bogs has gone on now for far too long
Irish Times
4 Aug 2013It’s not the end of the road for plans to upgrade A5, says Kennedy
Belfast Telegraph
4 Aug 2013Chrissie Hynde and Ray Davies’ daughter Natalie arrested after gluing herself to boyfriend during fracking...
Irish Independent
4 Aug 2013Wednesday July 31st, 2013
State’s new water utility is ready to invest for jobs and to protect this essential...
Irish Times
31 Jul 2013The unwelcome visitors flocking to Northern Ireland’s beaches in the heatwave
Belfast Telegraph
31 Jul 2013Monday July 29th, 2013
Reuters’ climate-change coverage ‘fell by nearly 50% with sceptic as editor’
Guardian
29 Jul 2013Friday July 26th, 2013
Monday July 22nd, 2013
Last year’s disastrous summer casting a shadow on our sun-soaked beaches
Irish Times
22 Jul 2013Wednesday July 17th, 2013
Monday July 15th, 2013
No longer a waste of space as group aims to create parks and recreation around...
Irish Times
15 Jul 2013Former minister Dick Roche acting as biofuels lobbyist for Hungarian firm
Irish Times
15 Jul 2013Wednesday June 26th, 2013
Monday June 24th, 2013
Cyclists’ joy as minister commissions study for a car-free Lagan bridge
Belfast Telegraph
24 Jun 2013Residents appeal against redevelopment of Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin
Irish Times
24 Jun 2013Friday June 21st, 2013
Monday June 17th, 2013
High Court ruling on retention of Wicklow home sets an ‘unhappy precedent’ – planners
Irish Times
17 Jun 2013Battle to save world-famous tree collection threatened by lethal disease
Belfast Telegraph
17 Jun 2013Friday June 14th, 2013
Anti-fracking campaigners urge public to submit views on Northern Ireland gas licences
Irish Times
14 Jun 2013Wednesday June 12th, 2013
European coal pollution causes 22,300 premature deaths a year, study shows
Guardian
12 Jun 2013Monday June 10th, 2013
Festering cache of illegally-dumped rubbish beneath Derry countryside
Belfast Telegraph
10 Jun 2013Friday June 7th, 2013
First water meters to be installed next month as part of national roll-out
Irish Times
7 Jun 2013Blow to tourism after five of our top beaches lose Blue Flag status
Belfast Telegraph
7 Jun 2013Wednesday June 5th, 2013
Wind turbine planners to ‘consider impact on Christian heritage site’
Belfast Telegraph
5 Jun 2013Planned changes to Dún Laoghaire county hall criticised as ‘architectural vandalism’
Irish Times
5 Jun 2013Monday June 3rd, 2013
Northern Ireland school in a recycling first use waste packaging to produce free heating
Belfast Telegraph
3 Jun 2013Friday May 31st, 2013
Erratic US ‘weather whiplash’ accounts for billions of dollars in global losses
Guardian
31 May 2013Wednesday May 29th, 2013
Farmers with large EU payments told they will lose money in new agriculture deal
Irish Times
29 May 2013Monday May 27th, 2013
Friday May 24th, 2013
Environment Minister Alex Attwood blasted by Unesco over Causeway resort
Belfast Telegraph
24 May 2013Wednesday May 22nd, 2013
Monday May 20th, 2013
Tar sands exploitation would mean game over for climate, warns leading scientist
Guardian
20 May 2013Friday May 17th, 2013
Wednesday May 15th, 2013
Sale of Coillte tree-harvesting rights would raise ‘a few grains of sand in a desert...
Irish Times
15 May 2013Monday May 13th, 2013
One-third of animal species will be hit by climate change, scientists warn
Guardian
13 May 2013Friday May 10th, 2013
Design row over Daniel Libeskind’s Maze peace-building centre in Northern Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
10 May 2013Wednesday May 8th, 2013
Public access to forests raised as part of growing opposition to sale of Coillte rights
Irish Times
8 May 2013Monday May 6th, 2013
Friday May 3rd, 2013
Wednesday May 1st, 2013
Europe bans neonicotinoid pesticides blamed for destroying bee population
Belfast Telegraph
1 May 2013Monday April 29th, 2013
Carbon bubble makes Australia’s coal industry ripe ‘for financial implosion’
Guardian
29 Apr 2013Friday April 26th, 2013
Strangford Lough turbine to run continuously see what happens when mammals swim close to blades
Belfast Telegraph
26 Apr 2013Wednesday April 24th, 2013
Monday April 22nd, 2013
€18 million bridge over Carlingford Lough sparks political row in Stormont
Irish Times
22 Apr 2013Friday April 19th, 2013
Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another financial crisis – report
Guardian
19 Apr 2013Wednesday April 17th, 2013
Roads turnaround: blueprint for urban areas puts cars at bottom of hierarchy
Irish Times
17 Apr 2013Monday April 15th, 2013
Trees felled, fields scarred… the landscape torn up for a road plan that’s been shelved
Belfast Telegraph
15 Apr 2013Friday April 12th, 2013
EU court blocks bypass over fears of damage to protected limestone
Irish Independent
12 Apr 2013Ikea should get ‘red carpet treatment’, hearing on Cherrywood zone told
Irish Times
12 Apr 2013Wednesday April 10th, 2013
Monday April 8th, 2013
Estimates of jobs and economic benefits from Ireland-UK project are up in the air
Irish Times
8 Apr 2013Water meters ‘should have been installed’ in homes built since 1997, says Dublin city manager
Irish Times
8 Apr 2013Carol Hunt: Integrity a cornerstone of Colm Mac Eochaidh’s colourful career
Irish Independent
8 Apr 2013Friday April 5th, 2013
Moore Street report calls for strict conditions on controversial redevelopment
Irish Times
5 Apr 2013Wednesday April 3rd, 2013
Monday April 1st, 2013
Queen’s landlord blocks plan for sewage disposal in Republic of Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
1 Apr 2013Don’t be fooled by the spring snows, they are further proof of global warming
Irish Times
1 Apr 2013Friday March 29th, 2013
EU energy chief calls for no new taxes as talks begin on 2030 climate targets
Guardian
29 Mar 2013Developers blamed as water quality at this popular beach now among worst in Europe
Belfast Telegraph
29 Mar 2013Sunday March 24th, 2013
Late medieval south Galway seaweed farm indicates advanced husbanding techniques
Irish Times
24 Mar 2013What the fate of the scoter duck tells us about our changing environment
Irish Times
24 Mar 2013Friday March 22nd, 2013
High Court judge blames boom time ‘planning free-for-all’ for bank crisis
Irish Times
22 Mar 2013Call to reinstate Derry’s historic railway station to mark City of Culture status
Irish Times
22 Mar 2013Wednesday March 20th, 2013
UK air pollution: why are we only now waking up to this public health crisis?
Guardian
20 Mar 2013Monday March 18th, 2013
Wildlife group wants neighbours to ‘snitch’ on illegal hedgerow cutters
Irish Independent
18 Mar 2013Northern Ireland Water fined again for pollution after fish die in spill
Belfast Telegraph
18 Mar 2013Friday March 15th, 2013
Owen Paterson set to scupper EU plans to ban pesticides linked to bee harm
Guardian
15 Mar 2013Monday March 11th, 2013
Friday March 8th, 2013
Clontarf residents to have say in design of controversial flood defence wall
Irish Independent
8 Mar 2013Climate change poses a far greater threat to Scotland’s future oil revenues
Guardian
8 Mar 2013Wednesday March 6th, 2013
Friday March 1st, 2013
Take note of which way the wind is blowing – cheap gas is how we...
Irish Independent
1 Mar 2013Shale gas lobbyist urges UK companies to publicly disclose use of all chemicals
Guardian
1 Mar 2013Wednesday February 27th, 2013
Tamboran Resources and Enegi Oil apply for fracking exploration licences
Irish Times
27 Feb 2013Insurance firms ‘blacking’ townlands over flooding risk, committee told
Irish Times
27 Feb 2013Monday February 25th, 2013
African visitors who like it here so much they’ve decided to settle down and start...
Belfast Telegraph
25 Feb 2013British farming in crisis as crop losses from ‘relentless’ floods pile up woes
Guardian
25 Feb 2013Friday February 22nd, 2013
Wednesday February 20th, 2013
Agroforestry: A unique pathway to securing a more sustainable future
Irish Independent
20 Feb 2013Keystone XL will have ‘no impact on climate change’, TransCanada boss says
Guardian
20 Feb 2013Monday February 18th, 2013
Fracking is the only way to achieve Obama climate change goals, says senior scientist
Guardian
18 Feb 2013Friday February 15th, 2013
Future shale oil supply predicted to cut price of crude by $50 a barrel
Irish Times
15 Feb 2013Wednesday February 13th, 2013
Understanding risk essential at time of climate change and rising tide of claims
Irish Times
13 Feb 2013Monday February 11th, 2013
Friday February 8th, 2013
The climate expert who arrived here by ferry to warn us it may already be...
Belfast Telegraph
8 Feb 2013Global warming speeds up as sea levels rise and spring comes early
Irish Independent
8 Feb 2013Wednesday February 6th, 2013
Monday February 4th, 2013
Activists in Mayo protest against Shell and ‘obscene’ €19.6bn profits
Irish Independent
4 Feb 2013Friday February 1st, 2013
Wednesday January 30th, 2013
Homeowners to be hit with water charge based on size of their house
Irish Independent
30 Jan 2013Beijing is left fighting for breath as pollution goes off the scale
Irish Independent
30 Jan 2013Monday January 28th, 2013
Friday January 25th, 2013
Wednesday January 23rd, 2013
China’s air pollution results from unchecked government, says top official
Guardian
23 Jan 2013Mineral dust sprinkled in oceans could absorb vast amounts of carbon: study
Guardian
23 Jan 2013Hang out a feeder and join in the world’s biggest wildlife survey
Belfast Telegraph
23 Jan 2013Monday January 21st, 2013
Cheap food a tasty delusion hiding high costs and lack of sustainability
Irish Times
21 Jan 2013New sustainable-energy campus aims to create 500 jobs over five years
Irish Independent
21 Jan 2013Battle for soul of the Lakes pits unspoilt nature against the lure of more jobs
Guardian
21 Jan 2013Friday January 18th, 2013
Northern Ireland scientist warns of disaster facing famous beaches
Belfast Telegraph
18 Jan 2013Production halted as tests turn up more horse DNA at Irish meat factory
Belfast Telegraph
18 Jan 2013US urged to capitalise on hundreds of billions in renewable energy investment
Guardian
18 Jan 2013US environmentalists challenged to get climate change laws through Congress
Guardian
18 Jan 2013Wednesday January 16th, 2013
Airpocalypse as pollution index goes from ‘crazy bad’ to ‘unhealthy’, then ‘beyond index’
Irish Times
16 Jan 2013US east-coast cities are ‘sitting ducks’ for storms, says top Obama scientist
Guardian
16 Jan 2013Monday January 14th, 2013
Friday January 11th, 2013
Wednesday January 9th, 2013
Last year’s deluge will have an impact, but 2013 offers big opportunities in organics
Irish Independent
9 Jan 2013Shell’s Arctic drilling plan under threat after US government orders review
Guardian
9 Jan 2013Monday January 7th, 2013
Fear of ‘catastrophic’ sea-level rise as ice sheets melt faster than predicted
Belfast Telegraph
7 Jan 2013Our protest must shortcircuit the fossil fuel interests blocking Barack Obama
Guardian
7 Jan 2013Friday January 4th, 2013
Wednesday January 2nd, 2013
EU Presidency: Enda Kenny promises 2013 will be a year of new hope
Irish Independent
2 Jan 2013