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Monday October 31st, 2016
300 million children live in areas with extreme air pollution, data reveals
Guardian
31 Oct 2016Climate change rate to turn southern Spain to desert by 2100, report warns
Guardian
31 Oct 2016PSNI and gold mining firm locked in security costs row as fee remains unpaid
Belfast Telegraph
31 Oct 2016Thursday October 27th, 2016
Fracking ban gains ground after Fianna Fail opposes legislation delay
Irish Independent
27 Oct 2016World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns
Guardian
27 Oct 2016EU drops law to limit cancer-linked chemical in food after industry complaint
Guardian
27 Oct 201610 years on from the Stern report: a low-carbon future is the ‘only one available’
Guardian
27 Oct 2016Monday October 24th, 2016
Thursday October 20th, 2016
Campaigners fight Government over ‘failure to tackle air pollution crisis’
Belfast Telegraph
20 Oct 2016Japan to face criticism at international summit for flouting whaling ruling
Guardian
20 Oct 2016Air pollution more deadly in Africa than malnutrition or dirty water, study warns
Guardian
20 Oct 2016No longer taken seriously, we’re seeing the last gasp of climate denial groups
Guardian
20 Oct 2016Monday October 17th, 2016
Global sea levels are rising fast, so where does that leave the cities most at...
Guardian
17 Oct 2016World Bank tribunal dismisses mining firm’s $250m claim against El Salvador
Guardian
17 Oct 2016British households fail to recycle a ‘staggering’ 16m plastic bottles a day
Guardian
17 Oct 2016Thursday October 13th, 2016
Hurricane Sandy-level flooding is rising so sharply that it could become normal
Guardian
13 Oct 2016Too few incentives in Irish budget to drive change towards low-carbon future
Irish Independent
13 Oct 2016UK must focus on carbon removal to meet Paris goals, climate advisers urge
Guardian
13 Oct 2016Electric vehicles could go first at traffic lights under UK clean air zone plans
Guardian
13 Oct 2016Anglers enraged as 1,600 fish killed in river chemical spill in County Down
Irish Independent
13 Oct 2016Monday October 10th, 2016
London’s black communities disproportionately exposed to air pollution – study
Guardian
10 Oct 2016Wild Atlantic Winners: Ireland’s top responsible tourism destination announced
Irish Independent
10 Oct 2016We have money to fight climate change. It’s just that we’re spending it on defense
Guardian
10 Oct 2016Shale gas exploration go-ahead hailed by businesses but slammed by campaigners
Belfast Telegraph
10 Oct 2016Thursday October 6th, 2016
Planet at its hottest in 115,000 years thanks to climate change, experts say
Guardian
6 Oct 2016Hurricanes will worsen as planet warms and sea levels rise, scientists warn
Guardian
6 Oct 2016Mary Robinson comes under fire in Brussels over her vegetarian agenda
Irish Independent
6 Oct 2016Dublin’s docklands will look unrecognisable after the development of a massive business district
Irish Independent
6 Oct 2016Councils failing to monitor most British schools for dangerous air pollution
Guardian
6 Oct 2016Sunday October 2nd, 2016
Rising from ashes of Anglo: Central Bank HQ will be ‘greenest office in the State’
Irish Independent
2 Oct 2016Increasing carbon tax by €10 per tonne would net an extra €200m…with no catch
Irish Independent
2 Oct 2016England needs almost double the number of marine zones to ensure healthy seas
Guardian
2 Oct 2016