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Monday August 31st, 2015
Citi report: slowing global warming would save tens of trillions of dollars
Guardian
31 Aug 2015Fracking drill bid could contaminate Belfast water supply, claim campaigners
Belfast Telegraph
31 Aug 2015TTIP controversy: European Commission and Big Tobacco accused of cover-up after heavily redacted documents released
Belfast Telegraph
31 Aug 2015The UK government’s efforts to kill off the solar industry and lead us to fracking...
Guardian
31 Aug 2015Nature’s last refuge – the Arctic: climate change threatens our most fragile ecosystem
Guardian
31 Aug 2015Plastic bags usage down 70% in two years since 5p tax brought into Northern Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
31 Aug 2015Obama defends Arctic drilling decision on eve of Alaska climate change trip
Guardian
31 Aug 2015Climate change legislation in California approaches pivotal showdown with oil industry
Guardian
31 Aug 2015Earn your 2016 Electric Picnic ticket by cleaning up at year’s festival
Irish Independent
31 Aug 2015Heritage body hits out at extension to Waterfront Hall in Belfast
Belfast Telegraph
31 Aug 2015Thursday August 27th, 2015
Charlotte Church sings outside Shell’s London HQ in protest at Arctic drilling
Guardian
27 Aug 2015Tutu, Klein and Chomsky call for mass climate action ahead of Paris conference
Guardian
27 Aug 2015Banned pesticides pose a greater risk to bees than thought, EU experts warn
Guardian
27 Aug 2015Tropical forests totalling size of India at risk of being cleared, study warns
Guardian
27 Aug 2015Oxigen waste company fined 18,000 euro over Dublin recycling depot blaze
Irish Independent
27 Aug 2015Kyoto protocol’s carbon credit scheme ‘increased emissions by 600m tonnes’
Guardian
27 Aug 2015Monday August 24th, 2015
1,500 items of plastic, 425 drinks bottles and 180 cotton buds… the appalling tally of...
Belfast Telegraph
24 Aug 2015Middle East conflict ‘drastically altered’ air pollution levels in region – study
Guardian
24 Aug 2015Farmers question ‘coincidental’ timing of proposed Austrlian environment law change
Guardian
24 Aug 2015Thursday August 20th, 2015
Methane Leaks in Natural-Gas Supply Chain Far Exceed Estimates, Study Says
New YorkTimes
20 Aug 2015As cities fall out of love with cars, Toyota redefines its role as ‘mobility provider’
Guardian
20 Aug 2015BP lobbied against EU support for clean energy to favour gas, documents reveal
Guardian
20 Aug 201570% of Northern Ireland firms ‘not ready for new fuel storage law’
Belfast Telegraph
20 Aug 2015Farm groups furious at Australian Coalition move to restrict environmental challenges
Guardian
20 Aug 2015Climate stance of Australian politicians ‘disturbing’ – US Geological Survey chief
Guardian
20 Aug 2015Wellcome Trust loses millions as its fossil fuel investments plunge in value
Guardian
20 Aug 2015Monday August 17th, 2015
Lough Neagh duck population down 75% as Earl of Shaftesbury keeps digging
Belfast Telegraph
17 Aug 2015Food production shocks ‘will happen more often because of extreme weather’
Guardian
17 Aug 2015More plane trees felled along Canal du Midi in fight against killer fungus
Guardian
17 Aug 2015Thursday August 13th, 2015
Government will step in if councils don’t fast-track fracking applications
Guardian
13 Aug 2015‘Tony Abbott’s hubris is staggering’: UK’s climate adviser on emissions target
Guardian
13 Aug 2015The Guardian view on the dairy crisis: too important to be left to the market
Guardian
13 Aug 2015Toxic sand and piles of litter: why we’ve stopped going to British beaches
Guardian
13 Aug 2015UK accused over food waste as study slams Britons for throwaway habits
Belfast Telegraph
13 Aug 2015Monday August 10th, 2015
Planned Hinkley Point nuclear power station under fire from energy industry
Guardian
10 Aug 2015Japan split over restart of first nuclear reactor since Fukushima disaster
Guardian
10 Aug 2015Australians fear Coalition is not taking climate change seriously, poll shows
Guardian
10 Aug 2015Royal Dutch Shell cuts ties with Alec over rightwing group’s climate denial
Guardian
10 Aug 2015The innovators: cheaper batteries could help electric cars hit the mainstream
Guardian
10 Aug 2015Thursday August 6th, 2015
John Sweeney: Time to tackle powerful vested interests on climate change
Irish Times
6 Aug 2015Dogger Bank offshore wind farm project secures UK Government backing
Belfast Telegraph
6 Aug 2015Beef, big bucks and buy-ups: are Chinese investors changing the face of Australia?
Guardian
6 Aug 2015July takes crown for biggest leap in Australia’s electricity emissions in 10 years
Guardian
6 Aug 2015Monday August 3rd, 2015
Australia’s leaders ‘wilfully blind’ about climate change, says former NAB chief
Guardian
3 Aug 2015Stop burning fossil fuels now: there is no CO2 ‘technofix’, scientists warn
Guardian
3 Aug 2015