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Monday August 26th, 2019
Northern Ireland plastic bag use down 68% since 5p levy was created
Belfast Telegraph
26 Aug 2019Disquiet on the Western front: the battle over Connemara gold dig
Irish Independent
26 Aug 2019Gulfstream of conscience – the public shaming of private jet use is more bad news...
Irish Independent
26 Aug 2019Monday August 19th, 2019
Notre Dame work resumes with new anti-contamination measures in place
Irish Independent
19 Aug 2019Number of flights taken by officials from department tackling climate crisis soars
Guardian
19 Aug 2019Australia is third largest exporter of fossil fuels behind Russia and Saudi Arabia
Guardian
19 Aug 2019Dutch take cycling to a new level, with world’s biggest multistorey bike park
Guardian
19 Aug 2019Friday August 16th, 2019
Air pollution ‘can exacerbate lung disease as much as daily pack of cigarettes’ for 29...
Belfast Telegraph
16 Aug 2019Pacific islands will survive climate crisis because they ‘pick our fruit’, Australia’s deputy PM says
Guardian
16 Aug 2019‘Bees, not refugees’: the environmentalist roots of anti-immigrant bigotry
Guardian
16 Aug 2019Monday August 12th, 2019
Jim Allister wins legal challenge against £20m north coast resort
Belfast Telegraph
12 Aug 2019Governments could become indifferent to climate disaster victims, expert warns
Guardian
12 Aug 2019Thursday August 8th, 2019
Australian farmers call for national strategy on climate change and agriculture
Guardian
8 Aug 2019Tuesday August 6th, 2019
Environmental groups launch EU campaign to ban all pesticides by 2035
Irish Independent
6 Aug 2019Extreme water stress affects a quarter of the world’s population, say experts
Guardian
6 Aug 2019Friday August 2nd, 2019
North of Tyne mayor plans for climate change teachers in every school
Belfast Telegraph
2 Aug 2019Chair of An Taisce fights plans to build high-rise ‘shoebox’ village for students
Irish Independent
2 Aug 2019Andrew Bolt’s mocking of Greta Thunberg leaves autism advocates ‘disgusted’
Guardian
2 Aug 2019