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Thursday March 29th, 2018
Dairy expansion drives increase as ammonia emissions continue to rise
Irish Independent
29 Mar 2018‘Extreme’ fossil fuel investments have surged under Donald Trump, report reveals
Guardian
29 Mar 2018Alarmed conservationists call for urgent action to fix ‘America’s wildlife crisis’
Guardian
29 Mar 2018Monday March 26th, 2018
Campaigners claim ‘significant victory’ after UK Government blocks open-cast mine
Belfast Telegraph
26 Mar 2018Poolbeg incinerator owners fined for breaking environmental licence in first week
Irish Independent
26 Mar 2018Sheffield council announces pause in controversial tree-felling programme
Belfast Telegraph
26 Mar 2018Study Wind, solar, and storage could meet 90–100% of America’s electricity needs
Guardian
26 Mar 2018Dairy’s ‘dirty secret’: it’s still cheaper to kill male calves than to rear them
Guardian
26 Mar 2018Sadiq Khan accuses ministers of stalling over post-Brexit environment watchdog
Guardian
26 Mar 2018Thursday March 22nd, 2018
Last male northern white rhino’s death highlights ‘huge extinction crisis’
Guardian
22 Mar 2018Europe faces ‘biodiversity oblivion’ after collapse in French birds, experts warn
Guardian
22 Mar 2018Trees older than America: a primeval Alaskan forest is at risk in the Trump era
Guardian
22 Mar 2018Climate science on trial as high-profile US case takes on fossil fuel industry
Guardian
22 Mar 2018Paul Ehrlich: ‘Collapse of civilisation is a near certainty within decades’
Guardian
22 Mar 2018Monday March 19th, 2018
Trump made another call over Doonbeg wind farm but Irish group declined opportunity to collaborate
Irish Independent
19 Mar 2018Light years ahead – Installing LED lighting has cut energy bills by 60pc on one...
Irish Independent
19 Mar 2018Energy sector must use new tech to ensure the vulnerable aren’t left behind
Guardian
19 Mar 2018Lead is even deadlier than we feared as the full extent of its toxic effects...
Guardian
19 Mar 2018Thursday March 15th, 2018
Krill fishery in tug-of-war with Antarctica wildlife, Greenpeace warns
Belfast Telegraph
15 Mar 2018Bar of soap saves thousands of litres of diesel spilling out of tanker
Belfast Telegraph
15 Mar 2018Taoiseach reveals he made an intervention over proposal to build wind farm near Doonbeg after...
Irish Independent
15 Mar 2018World’s great forests could lose half of all wildlife as planet warms – report
Guardian
15 Mar 2018UK car industry must pay up for toxic air ‘catastrophe’, super-inquiry finds
Guardian
15 Mar 2018WHO launches health review after microplastics found in 90% of bottled water
Guardian
15 Mar 2018Monday March 12th, 2018
Sea Level Rise Will Rapidly Worsen Coastal Flooding in Coming Decades, NOAA Warns
Inside Climate News
12 Mar 2018Tillerson praises anti-poaching lab as US lifts ban on importing trophies
Irish Independent
12 Mar 2018Saving the albatross: ‘The war is against plastic and they are casualties on the frontline’
Guardian
12 Mar 2018Friday March 9th, 2018
Report by MSPs raises ‘deep concerns’ about impact of salmon farming
Belfast Telegraph
9 Mar 2018UK Ministers accused of inaction after failing to back 25p levy on coffee cups
Belfast Telegraph
9 Mar 2018Climate change tightens grip on US west coast despite progressive aspirations
Guardian
9 Mar 2018Creed warns ‘sustainability now a key demand’ as Glanbia launches its €35m cheese plant expansion
Irish Independent
9 Mar 2018