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Thursday 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