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Monday December 29th, 2014
Thursday December 25th, 2014
Monday December 22nd, 2014
Why the litterbugs and fly-tippers cost us jobs in Northern Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
22 Dec 2014Energy feeling wind of change in NI as plans for single wind turbines plunge
Belfast Telegraph
22 Dec 2014Thursday December 18th, 2014
NY Health Dept relies on precautionary principle to recommend ban on fracking
New York State Dept of Health
18 Dec 2014Tuesday December 16th, 2014
Tropical rainforests not absorbing as much carbon as expected, scientists say
Guardian
16 Dec 2014Earth faces sixth ‘great extinction’ with 41% of amphibians set to go the way of...
Guardian
16 Dec 2014Thursday December 11th, 2014
Keystone XL and Galilee basin threaten to bring down the global climate talks
Guardian
11 Dec 2014Protest organisers to step up their campaign for water charges abolition
Irish Times
11 Dec 2014Northern Ireland coastal habitats for marine life may get vital protection
Belfast Telegraph
11 Dec 2014Monday December 8th, 2014
Fracking chemicals could pose risks to reproductive health, say researchers
Guardian
8 Dec 2014Adapting to a warmer climate could cost almost three times as much as thought, says...
Guardian
8 Dec 2014George Osborne oversees biggest fossil fuel boom since North Sea oil discovery
Guardian
8 Dec 2014Abbott government accused of trying to set up climate change talks for failure
Guardian
8 Dec 2014Sunday November 30th, 2014
Northern Ireland ecosystems on the brink of collapse, says report
Belfast Telegraph
30 Nov 2014Monday November 24th, 2014
Thursday November 20th, 2014
Fracking firm Tamboran to sue Stormont departments over thwarted Fermanagh drilling plans
Belfast Telegraph
20 Nov 2014White House Turns Climate Change Spotlight To U.S. Cities, Towns
Huffington Post Green
20 Nov 2014Monday November 17th, 2014
In deep water: the first country in the world to surrender to global warming
Irish Independent
17 Nov 2014Boris Johnson admits London’s Oxford Street is one of world’s most polluted
Guardian
17 Nov 2014Clear climate action by Irish business and the Government could create 90,000 jobs
Irish Times
17 Nov 2014Thursday November 13th, 2014
US-China deal makes international carbon emissions pact ‘very likely’, says David King
Guardian
13 Nov 2014Shell ignored internal warnings over Nigeria oil spills, documents suggest
Guardian
13 Nov 2014Metal from cremated bodies in Northern Ireland recycled into road signs and aircraft engines in...
Irish Independent
13 Nov 2014Largest international study into safety of GM food launched by Russian NGO
Guardian
13 Nov 2014More than a third of natural world heritage sites face ‘significant threats’
Guardian
13 Nov 2014Sea of rubbish on Northern Ireland beaches – 3,500 bits of litter per km
Belfast Telegraph
13 Nov 2014Monday November 10th, 2014
New study questions the accuracy of satellite atmospheric temperature estimates
Guardian
10 Nov 2014‘Innate Potato’ heads for market but GM watchdogs chip away at Simplot success
Guardian
10 Nov 2014Geoengineering could prevent climate effects caused by giant volcanic eruptions
Guardian
10 Nov 2014Local vote on restarting reactors brings Japan’s return to nuclear power closer
Irish Times
10 Nov 2014Thursday November 6th, 2014
Climate change denier Jim Inhofe in line for Senate’s top environmental job
Guardian
6 Nov 2014The £1.2m green ‘test lab’ in NI winning awards before it has even opened
Belfast Telegraph
6 Nov 2014Monday November 3rd, 2014
IPCC: rapid carbon emission cuts vital to stop severe impact of climate change
Guardian
3 Nov 2014Bill Mckibben:The IPCC is stern on climate change – but it still underestimates the situation
Guardian
3 Nov 2014Australia’s Direct Action is like a dodgy laundry powder that never gets the climate clean
Guardian
3 Nov 2014People living near windfarms to be offered stakes from £5 to counter opposition
Guardian
3 Nov 2014Thursday October 30th, 2014
If we want to make climate action happen we need to hear about the solutions
Guardian
30 Oct 2014Photographs of Sellafield nuclear plant prompt fears over radioactive risk
Guardian
30 Oct 2014Mallusk NI incinerator plan: Owners who fear vesting vow not to sell land
Belfast Telegraph
30 Oct 2014Monday October 27th, 2014
‘Cryptosporidium will continue to contaminate unless drastic improvements are made’ – expert
Irish Independent
27 Oct 2014Global warming has doubled risk of harsh winters in Eurasia, research finds
Guardian
27 Oct 2014Ministers bicker over stalled action plan to tackle flooding chaos in Northern Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
27 Oct 2014Thursday October 23rd, 2014
Monday October 20th, 2014
Fossil fuel industry sustained by ‘toxic triangle’ that puts 400 million at risk
Guardian
20 Oct 2014‘Ethical’ funds still pouring money into coal, oil and gas, new report finds
Guardian
20 Oct 2014Pacific Islanders blockade Newcastle coal port to protest rising sea levels
Guardian
20 Oct 2014Thursday October 16th, 2014
Mary Robinson: Islands and cities will be devastated unless we have zero carbon by 2050
Irish Independent
16 Oct 2014Our rocks of the ages: Northern Ireland’s five natural gems named in UK and Ireland’s...
Belfast Telegraph
16 Oct 2014Climate change demands ‘national effort’ to protect Atlantic wild salmon
Irish Times
16 Oct 2014Monday October 13th, 2014
Pentagon: global warming will change how US military trains and goes to war
Guardian
13 Oct 2014Climate change demands ‘national effort’ to protect Atlantic wild salmon
Irish Times
13 Oct 2014Thursday October 9th, 2014
Canada set to badly miss 2020 target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases
Irish Independent
9 Oct 2014Thursday October 2nd, 2014
Red squirrels released from Belfast Zoo in fight against extinction
Belfast Telegraph
2 Oct 2014Monday September 29th, 2014
Abundant Natural Gas Won’t Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Enough, Study Says
Huffington Post Green
29 Sep 2014Is Alaska the new Florida? Experts predict where next for America’s ‘climate refugees’
Guardian
29 Sep 2014US Homeland Security Joins Push To Tackle Climate Change Risks
Huffington Post Green
29 Sep 2014British firm Ineos accused of ‘bribes and bulldozers’ approach to fracking
Guardian
29 Sep 2014Thursday September 25th, 2014
Supreme Court refuses to stop works on two Kilkenny bridges over the River Nore
Irish Independent
25 Sep 2014Monday September 22nd, 2014
People’s Climate Picnic marks global day of action and sends message to Taoiseach
Irish Times
22 Sep 2014Desmond Tutu calls for tactics that beat apartheid to be used in climate fight
Guardian
22 Sep 2014Thursday September 18th, 2014
Antarctic sea ice set for record high as Arctic heads for sixth lowest extent
Guardian
18 Sep 2014Rising sea levels a ‘sleeping giant’ that could cost Australia $226bn, report says
Guardian
18 Sep 2014Probe into huge illegal dump in Derry hit by crime agency impasse
Belfast Telegraph
18 Sep 2014Butterfly numbers fall in NI due to coldest August in more than 20 years
Belfast Telegraph
18 Sep 2014Barack Obama welcomes report saying fighting climate change can be low cost
Guardian
18 Sep 2014Monday September 15th, 2014
Greenhouse Gas Levels In Atmosphere Surged To New High In 2013, World Meteorological Organization Reports
Huffington Post Green
15 Sep 2014Warmer Air Caused Huge Ice Shelf To Collapse Off Antarctica, Scientists Say
Huffington Post Green
15 Sep 2014Plastic rubbish from land, not ships, killing Australian sea life, say scientists
Guardian
15 Sep 2014UN Climate Summit ‘Start Of A Momentum’ To Tackle Problem, Envoy Mary Robinson Says
Huffington Post Green
15 Sep 2014Thursday September 11th, 2014
Fukushima nuclear disaster: three years on 120,000 evacuees remain uprooted
Guardian
11 Sep 2014Public may end up paying for obsolete smart meters that save little, MPs warn
Guardian
11 Sep 2014Monday September 8th, 2014
They were the last word in glamour, but has the sun set on LA’s swimming...
Guardian
8 Sep 2014Just four grants paid but half of septic tanks not working properly
Irish Independent
8 Sep 2014‘BP should have to pay – they’ve done a lot of damage’: Gulf workers hail...
Guardian
8 Sep 2014Thursday September 4th, 2014
Environmental groups claim €6bn could be raised by taxing pollution and waste
Irish Times
4 Sep 2014New York climate summit is a chance to push for long-term climate neutrality
Guardian
4 Sep 2014Monday September 1st, 2014
Thursday August 28th, 2014
Big power out, solar in: UBS urges investors to join renewables revolution
Guardian
28 Aug 2014Almost a quarter of a billion fewer plastic bags used in Northern Ireland: Levy sees...
Belfast Telegraph
28 Aug 2014Monday August 25th, 2014
World’s Largest Ice Sheets Melting At Fastest Rate Ever Recorded
Huffington Post Green
25 Aug 2014Two Northern Ireland companies sign up to a new ‘green’ agreement
Belfast Telegraph
25 Aug 2014Wind Turbine Syndrome Cast Off By Courts As Developers Win Suits Filed By Disgruntled Neighbors
Huffington Post Green
25 Aug 2014Thursday August 21st, 2014
‘Alarming’ Rate Of Bird Deaths As New Solar Plants Scorch Animals In Mid-Air
Huffington Post Green
21 Aug 2014Earth sliding into ‘ecological debt’ earlier and earlier, campaigners warn
Guardian
21 Aug 2014Limerick residents told tap water may be undrinkable for a year and a half
Irish Times
21 Aug 2014Orkney and Shetland islanders already winning Scotland’s independence debate
Guardian
21 Aug 2014Criticism over Great Barrier Reef deals for Gina Rinehart’s mining company
Guardian
21 Aug 2014Monday August 18th, 2014
Irish Minister White told promotion of oil and gas exploration ‘a priority’
Irish Times
18 Aug 2014Protesters occupy field near Cuadrilla’s proposed fracking site in Blackpool
Guardian
18 Aug 2014Belfast energy firm Mutual Energy chosen to extend natural gas network to Fermanagh, Tyrone and...
Belfast Telegraph
18 Aug 2014Tony Abbott’s push to ditch renewables could hand coal and gas industry $10bn
Guardian
18 Aug 2014Thursday August 14th, 2014
Monday August 11th, 2014
Fracking dilemma goes on as companies seek to guzzle gas from the ground
Irish Times
11 Aug 2014Residents’ group in Clare wins right to judicial review of wind farm plan
Irish Independent
11 Aug 2014The corporatisation of US green energy: a double-edged sword worth billions
Guardian
11 Aug 2014Thursday August 7th, 2014
Residents and activist challenge permission for wind farm project in Offaly
Irish Times
7 Aug 2014East Ayrshire sacks planning chief over a £132m shortfall for cleaning up abandoned opencast mine...
BBC
7 Aug 2014Northern Ireland’s famous Dark Hedges out of bounds as dead trees axed
Belfast Telegraph
7 Aug 2014Thursday July 31st, 2014
Idyllic village of Belcoo now the front line in bitter fracking battle
Belfast Telegraph
31 Jul 2014General Mills joins climate change fight and requires pledges from suppliers too
Guardian
31 Jul 2014Green groups in US too white and too male compared to other sectors – report
Guardian
31 Jul 2014Delaying climate action will carry heavy economic cost, White House warned
Guardian
31 Jul 2014Fracking supporters: We’d be crazy to ignore £8bn goldmine under our feet
Belfast Telegraph
31 Jul 2014Dad and son to island-hop around Strangford Lough counting the butterflies
Belfast Telegraph
31 Jul 2014New Zealand’s ‘dramatic’ ice loss could lead to severe decline of glaciers
Guardian
31 Jul 2014Monday July 28th, 2014
Germany, UK and Poland top ‘dirty 30’ list of EU coal-fired power stations
Guardian
28 Jul 2014Methane May Leak From 40% of Gas Wells in Parts of Pennsylvania
inside climate news
28 Jul 2014Tobacco and fossil fuels lose out as Australian investors opt for more ethical industries
Guardian
28 Jul 2014Toxic foam causes thousands of fish to die in the Tolka River in Dublin
Irish Independent
28 Jul 2014Monday July 21st, 2014
California Halts Injection of Fracking Waste, Warning it May Be Contaminating Aquifers
Pro Publica
21 Jul 2014Better use of world’s existing cropland could feed 3 billion more people: study
Guardian
21 Jul 2014Boris Johnson: ‘bollocks’ to say Oxford Street has world’s worst pollution
Guardian
21 Jul 2014More than 80,000 trees felled across Northern Ireland after ash disease hits 90 sites
Belfast Telegraph
21 Jul 2014River Faughan faces ‘pollution tsunami’ at ‘illegal’ dump, warn experts
Belfast Telegraph
21 Jul 2014I was sacked by David Cameron to appease ‘the green blob’, says Owen Paterson
Guardian
21 Jul 2014Thursday July 17th, 2014
Monday July 14th, 2014
Coastal Flooding Has Surged Along US Eastern Seaboard, Investigation Finds
Huffington Post Green
14 Jul 2014Thursday July 10th, 2014
The BBC Is Fighting Its Addiction To False Climate Change Balance
Huffington Post Green
10 Jul 2014How Your Old Cellphone Could Help Stop Illegal Logging And Poaching
Huffington Post Green
10 Jul 2014Special report: Rural villages in China hit by fluorine poisoning from coal-burning
China Dialogue
10 Jul 2014Monday July 7th, 2014
Dark snow: from the Arctic to the Himalayas, the phenomenon that is accelerating glacier melting
Guardian
7 Jul 2014Thursday July 3rd, 2014
Tuberculosis threat requires mass cull of cattle, not badgers, study reveals
Guardian
3 Jul 2014New bins are a load of rubbish: NI Council bird-brains rapped as seagulls rifle receptacles
Belfast Telegraph
3 Jul 2014Monday June 30th, 2014
Wind and other renewables generated a fifth of Britain’s electricity in early 2014
Guardian
30 Jun 2014Thursday June 26th, 2014
Climate action could spur $2 trillion in economic growth in 2030 alone, says World Bank...
Grist
26 Jun 2014Hardcore Capitalists Warn That Climate Change Is A Big Deal For American Businesses
Huffington Post Green
26 Jun 2014Monday June 23rd, 2014
Drifting off the coast of Portugal, the frontrunner in the global race for floating windfarms
Guardian
23 Jun 2014Sunday June 15th, 2014
Thursday June 12th, 2014
Monday June 9th, 2014
Long-delayed Stormont report says buying Lough Neagh for £6m from aristocrat bad idea
Belfast Telegraph
9 Jun 2014Thursday June 5th, 2014
Obama plan to reduce pollution will allow some states to increase emissions
Guardian
5 Jun 2014Monday June 2nd, 2014
Warning: 46,000 homes in Northern Ireland are at high risk from flooding
Belfast Telegraph
2 Jun 2014Queen’s speech: infrastructure bill to let developers off zero-carbon pledge
Guardian
2 Jun 2014Flood map information could bring about cheaper insurance premiums
Belfast Telegraph
2 Jun 2014US Environmental Groups Focus on Change by Strengthening Their Political Operations
NY Times
2 Jun 2014Thursday May 29th, 2014
Ireland facing hefty fines for failing to meet targeted reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
Irish Independent
29 May 2014Corporate stranglehold of farmland a risk to world food security, study says
Guardian
29 May 2014IPCC co-chairman says scientists being intimidated by climate change deniers
Irish Times
29 May 2014At last, Rathlin awakens to the mating call of the corncrake after 10 years
Belfast Telegraph
29 May 2014Monday May 26th, 2014
No shale gas potential in Weald basin, concludes British Geological Survey
Guardian
26 May 2014Greenpeace USA’s new leader: ‘You don’t have to chain yourself to something’
Guardian
26 May 2014Conference warns health effects of wind turbines should be taken seriously
Irish Times
26 May 2014Fury at DoE over pollution found in River Faughan tributary in NI
Belfast Telegraph
26 May 2014Thursday May 8th, 2014
Joint assault on animal crime as it’s learned 90 birds of prey killed by poison...
Belfast Telegraph
8 May 2014$1tn oil projects ‘will not see return’ if governments act on climate – report
Guardian
8 May 2014Invasive species which can smother marine life spreading in south Galway Bay
Irish Times
8 May 2014Monday May 5th, 2014
Experts Criticize Ice Wall Plan At Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Huffington Post Green
5 May 2014UN Chief Warns Plans For Prosperity ‘Will Be Undone’ Without Climate Action
Huffington Post Green
5 May 2014Graphene’s dangerous edge: wonder stuff could damage the environment if it is let loose, experts...
Belfast Telegraph
5 May 2014Thursday May 1st, 2014
Monday April 28th, 2014
Green groups to wage legal war against Tony Abbott’s pro-development agenda
Guardian
28 Apr 2014Up to 4,300 pigs killed in suspected arson attack at Northern Ireland farm
Guardian
28 Apr 2014Fall in waste for landfill as rates of recycling rise in Northern Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
28 Apr 2014Thursday April 24th, 2014
Public access would put ancient oak woods at risk, says environmental group
Irish Times
24 Apr 20141,000 fish killed in River Oona: Investigators probe ‘high severity’ pollution as trout and roach...
Belfast Telegraph
24 Apr 2014Over-population is the real cause of climate change – it’s killing us all off
Irish Independent
24 Apr 2014Coalition’s renewable energy review an ‘unprecedented scam’, industry says
Guardian
24 Apr 2014Monday April 21st, 2014
Dance troupe bring anti-fracking message to World Irish Dancing Championships
Belfast Telegraph
21 Apr 2014Setbacks Aside, Climate Change Is Finding Its Way Into the World’s Classrooms
NY Times
21 Apr 2014Corn biofuels worse than gasoline on global warming in short term – US study
Guardian
21 Apr 2014Irish government allocates €2 million to Galway-Moycullen cycle route greenway
Irish Times
21 Apr 2014Cumbrian nuclear dump ‘virtually certain’ to be eroded by rising sea levels
Guardian
21 Apr 2014Angry NI Mallusk residents rally against plans for huge £240m incinerator on their doorstep
Belfast Telegraph
21 Apr 2014Thursday April 17th, 2014
China’s air pollution leading to more erratic climate for US, say scientists
Guardian
17 Apr 2014Monday April 14th, 2014
Future-proof UK coastal areas against rising sea levels, says National Trust
Guardian
14 Apr 2014Helicopter drones do battle with alien plant invaders across Northern Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
14 Apr 2014Coal will be a main energy source for ‘decades and decades’, says Greg Hunt
Guardian
14 Apr 2014Thursday April 10th, 2014
Tory plan to limit onshore windfarms will raise energy bills, engineers warn
Guardian
10 Apr 2014Climate change is good for you, says ultra-conservative Heartland Institute
Guardian
10 Apr 2014Wildlife in Gulf of Mexico still suffering four years after BP oil spill: report
Guardian
10 Apr 2014Monday April 7th, 2014
Toxic Emission Spikes at Fracking Sites Are Rarely Monitored, Study Finds
inside climate news
7 Apr 2014Climate Impacts Are Going to Hit the Developing World Hardest, IPCC Says
inside climate news
7 Apr 2014Household waste methane to generate enough electricity for 8,500 homes
Irish Independent
7 Apr 2014Wildlife haven at North Down reservoir put up for sale after lake drained by Northern...
Belfast Telegraph
7 Apr 2014Thursday April 3rd, 2014
Fears as salmon fail to return: Just three in 100 that migrate from River Bush...
Belfast Telegraph
3 Apr 2014Monday March 31st, 2014
Food shortages caused by climate change to leave millions hungry, report warns
Irish Times
31 Mar 2014Construction of Dublin Bay cyclepath to start this summer decade since planning began
Irish Times
31 Mar 2014Archbishop Tutu calls for independent inquiry into policing of Corrib gas project
Irish Times
31 Mar 2014Latin America: how climate change will wipe out coffee crops – and farmers
Guardian
31 Mar 2014Fears for wildlife as NI Portavoe Reservoir is drained for maintenance work
Belfast Telegraph
31 Mar 2014Thursday March 27th, 2014
Wind energy exports could be worth €5bn to the Irish economy, new report states
Irish Times
27 Mar 2014Voya: Seaweed products prove winning formula for Sligo family business
Irish Independent
27 Mar 2014The grim, rat-infested west Belfast alley that’s become a little oasis
Belfast Telegraph
27 Mar 2014Monday March 24th, 2014
Indonesia’s forest fires feed ‘brown cloud’ of pollution choking Asia’s cities
Guardian
24 Mar 2014South-east of England more vulnerable to heatwave deaths, research reveals
Guardian
24 Mar 2014‘Noah’ epic criticised for green agenda and taking liberties with Bible
Irish Independent
24 Mar 2014Thursday March 20th, 2014
UN warning over planned British nuclear plant 240km from Irish coast
Irish Independent
20 Mar 2014Mind the gap: closing gender divide in African agriculture could reduce hunger
Guardian
20 Mar 2014It used to be a patch of grass… now it’s an urban wood teeming with...
Belfast Telegraph
20 Mar 2014Northern Ireland councillors set for a £4,000 pay rise under local government restructuring
Belfast Telegraph
20 Mar 2014Monday March 17th, 2014
N.Y. Regulator, Con Ed Embrace Plan to Climate-Proof Power Grid
inside climate news
17 Mar 2014George Lee returns to RTE as ‘Agricultural and Environmental Correspondent’
Irish Independent
17 Mar 2014Thursday March 13th, 2014
Coalition ‘misled’ UN over bid to strip heritage listing from Tasmanian forest
Guardian
13 Mar 2014Monday March 10th, 2014
Germany’s future without fossil fuels is leaving its largest power producer behind
Irish Times
10 Mar 2014Objections: Fears raised over impact on marine life and fishing areas
Irish Independent
10 Mar 2014Thursday March 6th, 2014
Eric Pickles guilty of ‘double standards’ over energy planning applications
Guardian
6 Mar 2014A community divided – how a small American town fared in the age of fracking
Irish Independent
6 Mar 2014Monday March 3rd, 2014
‘There’s no middle ground. . . [fracking] it’s either right or it’s wrong’
Irish Independent
3 Mar 2014Last winter wettest on record – and last month was the wettest February on record
Irish Independent
3 Mar 2014Keystone XL protesters arrested after strapping selves to White House fence
Guardian
3 Mar 2014Thursday February 27th, 2014
New York Utilities Now Required To Prep For Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, Climate Change
HuffPostGreen
27 Feb 2014Riding crest of wave: Northern Ireland leading way in marine and tidal energy projects
Belfast Telegraph
27 Feb 2014Geoengineering side effects could be potentially disastrous, research shows
Guardian
27 Feb 2014Achim Steiner: shale gas rush ‘a liability’ in efforts slow climate change
Guardian
27 Feb 2014Monday February 24th, 2014
Thursday February 20th, 2014
Draconian right-of-way laws mean Northern Ireland misses out on tourism millions, say ramblers
Belfast Telegraph
20 Feb 2014Epic battle to save Ballynahone Bog, greens claim it’s in danger again
Belfast Telegraph
20 Feb 2014Going GM-free proves costly for US food giants as biotech crops dominate
Irish Independent
20 Feb 2014Historic King John’s Highway reopens after 7 year right-of-way battle
Belfast Telegraph
20 Feb 2014Monday February 17th, 2014
China’s Plan to Clean Up Air in Cities Will Doom the Climate, Scientists Say
Inside Climate News
17 Feb 2014Fish farms are destroying wild Scottish salmon, says leading environmentalist
Guardian
17 Feb 2014Are scenes like this the future for us all? Experts warn global warming is making...
Belfast Telegraph
17 Feb 2014Water shortages could disrupt Britain’s electricity supply, researchers warn
Guardian
17 Feb 2014Even the experts are divided over what effects power lines could have on our health
Irish Independent
17 Feb 2014Thursday February 13th, 2014
Costly insurance ‘will create flood-risk ghettos and £4.3tn fall in house values’
Guardian
13 Feb 2014Sustainable nuclear fusion breakthrough raises hopes for ultimate green energy
Guardian
13 Feb 2014Monday February 10th, 2014
Global warming ‘pause’ due to unusual trade winds in Pacific ocean, study finds
Guardian
10 Feb 2014Severe floods ‘threaten food security’, say UK farmers and environmental groups
Guardian
10 Feb 2014Thursday February 6th, 2014
Fracking is depleting water supplies in America’s driest areas, report shows
Guardian
6 Feb 2014NI Planning policy changes aim to lift shutters on ailing high streets
Belfast Telegraph
6 Feb 2014Tried & tested: how other countries have built effective flood defences
Irish Independent
6 Feb 2014Monday February 3rd, 2014
Sellafield radiation alarm triggered by rise in ‘naturally occurring’ radon gas
Guardian
3 Feb 2014Dublin city councillors advised to facilitate controversial scheme by the ESB
Irish Times
3 Feb 2014Thursday January 30th, 2014
Norway has fallen in love with electric cars – but the affair is coming to...
Guardian
30 Jan 2014Monday January 27th, 2014
Fracking firms ‘should pay £6bn a year tax to compensate for climate change’
Guardian
27 Jan 2014EU Commission refers Ireland to European Court of Justice over failure to meet renewable energy...
Irish Times
27 Jan 2014A third of smart meter customers saving up to £75 a year, British Gas says
Guardian
27 Jan 2014Galway’s oldest ‘green lung’ under threat from bus corridor, says residents’ campaign
Irish Times
27 Jan 2014Pacific Loon: ‘Like seeing Elvis walk down Royal Avenue’… why twitchers are in a flap...
Belfast Telegraph
27 Jan 2014Thursday January 23rd, 2014
Failure to transpose EU energy rules could cost Ireland €25,000 daily
Irish Independent
23 Jan 2014One decade on … illegal waste to be repatriated to Republic of Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
23 Jan 2014World’s biggest solar plant may pave way for smaller-scale renewable future
Guardian
23 Jan 2014Police accused of brutality as fracking protester is left ‘battered and bruised’
Guardian
23 Jan 2014Monday January 20th, 2014
European Greens consider challenge to UK tax breaks for shale gas drilling
Guardian
20 Jan 2014Over 200 pressure groups join to resist Coalition’s pylon and wind agenda
Irish Times
20 Jan 2014CO2 emissions are being ‘outsourced’ by rich countries to rising economies
Guardian
20 Jan 2014Nuclear waste site consultation was rigged to favour Sellafield, say experts
Guardian
20 Jan 2014Kenya to generate over half of its electricity through solar power by 2016
Guardian
20 Jan 2014Sea of filth: raging storms and surging tides have dumped a mountain of waste on...
Belfast Telegraph
20 Jan 2014Thursday January 16th, 2014
Major boost for farm sector as minister announces roll-out of €1.9bn agri-development plan
Irish Independent
16 Jan 2014Al Gore says use of geo-engineering to head off climate disaster is insane
Guardian
16 Jan 2014Heritage Council urges tax incentives to rescue historic buildings in Irish towns
Irish Times
16 Jan 2014Monday January 13th, 2014
Planning backlog blitz ordered as Minister Durkan bids to speed up process and introduce more...
Belfast Telegraph
13 Jan 2014David Cameron right to link floods and global warming, say climate scientists
Guardian
13 Jan 2014Protesters lock themselves to bulldozers to fight coalmine development in Wales
Guardian
13 Jan 2014Thursday January 9th, 2014
An Taisce call on Government to amend its ‘roadmap’ for electricity generation
Irish Times
9 Jan 2014Blow to fishermen after outbreak of killer disease in Lough Foyle oyster bed
Belfast Telegraph
9 Jan 2014Monday January 6th, 2014
Flooding latest: Titanic Belfast and Odyssey area at risk in latest tidal surge warning
Belfast Telegraph
6 Jan 2014Opponents of pylons and wind turbines come together to highlight their concerns
Irish Times
6 Jan 2014Minister gives green light for £85 million waste power plant at Bombardier
Belfast Telegraph
6 Jan 2014Thursday January 2nd, 2014