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Monday December 31st, 2012
How Britain went from a drought to a deluge as south-west is drenched again
Guardian
31 Dec 2012Electric car sales in UK expected to double in 2013 as prices start to fall
Guardian
31 Dec 2012Friday December 28th, 2012
Fukushima radiation fears are linked to increase in obesity among children
Guardian
28 Dec 2012Wednesday December 26th, 2012
Monday December 24th, 2012
Friday December 21st, 2012
Wednesday December 19th, 2012
Monday December 17th, 2012
Environment Minister Alex Attwood: we will not be rushed on fracking
Belfast Telegraph
17 Dec 2012Environmentalists warn on pollution as UK lifts ban on fracking for gas
Irish Independent
17 Dec 2012Restoration of gardens’ once-famous hothouses may end up a cut-price calamity
Belfast Telegraph
17 Dec 2012Wednesday December 12th, 2012
Dorset holiday park plans will disfigure world heritage site, say opponents
Guardian
12 Dec 2012Monday December 10th, 2012
Doha climate conference closes on ‘weak deal’ unlikely to stem emissions
Irish Times
10 Dec 2012Friday December 7th, 2012
Sellafield to create 500 extra jobs to speed up decommissioning of reactors
Guardian
7 Dec 2012How Many Gigatons of Carbon Dioxide? The Information is Beautiful guide to Doha
Guardian
7 Dec 2012Wednesday December 5th, 2012
Monday December 3rd, 2012
It’s 100 years old and destined to be axed, but now Belfast residents have vowed...
Belfast Telegraph
3 Dec 2012Friday November 30th, 2012
A chilling message: Ice sheets melting three times faster than 20 years ago
UK Independent
30 Nov 2012Steady as she goes: global climatic denial guarantees chaotic future for all
Irish Times
30 Nov 2012Pine martens making comeback in Ireland and grey squirrel is their favourite meal
Belfast Telegraph
30 Nov 2012Wednesday November 28th, 2012
UN: methane released from melting ice could push climate past tipping point
Guardian
28 Nov 2012US coastal cities in danger as sea levels rise faster than expected, study warns
Guardian
28 Nov 2012Green light for €370m plan to complete ‘missing link’ between Luas lines
Irish Times
28 Nov 2012Monday November 26th, 2012
British bird species ‘face extinction’ if EU cuts £8bn agriculture subsidy
Guardian
26 Nov 2012Friday November 23rd, 2012
Climate change to cause more extreme weather events in Europe, say scientists
Irish Times
23 Nov 2012Wednesday November 21st, 2012
Irish weather getting wetter and warmer as climate change officially affecting country
Irish Independent
21 Nov 2012Ash dieback disease probe at 36 sites: Search on after infected trees imported from Scotland
Belfast Telegraph
21 Nov 2012Monday November 19th, 2012
11 women sue after claiming they were tricked into sex with undercover UK police
Irish Independent
19 Nov 2012Friday November 16th, 2012
BP to shell out $4.5bn in penalties for worst oil spill in US history
Irish Independent
16 Nov 2012Wednesday November 14th, 2012
Stricter controls on slurry spreading urged after 174% rise in infections
Irish Times
14 Nov 2012Monday November 12th, 2012
Poles apart: satellites reveal why Antarctic sea ice grows as Arctic melts
Guardian
12 Nov 2012Friday November 9th, 2012
Wednesday November 7th, 2012
Sunday November 4th, 2012
Bloomberg will vote for Obama as America ‘needs leadership’ on climate change
UK Independent
4 Nov 2012Monday October 29th, 2012
Friday October 26th, 2012
Quarter of all diesel sold from NI forecourts is smuggled – Ian Paisley Jnr claims
Irish Independent
26 Oct 2012Wednesday October 24th, 2012
New €570m power line on hold over interference with locals’ phones
Irish Independent
24 Oct 2012Monday October 22nd, 2012
Friday October 19th, 2012
Scientists turn fresh air into petrol: is breakthrough a milestone on the road to clean...
Belfast Telegraph
19 Oct 2012Phil Hogan warns firms he will impose levy to repair homes damaged by pyrite
Irish Independent
19 Oct 2012Fury at minister Richard Benyon’s ‘astounding’ refusal to ban deadly bird poison
UK Independent
19 Oct 2012Wednesday October 17th, 2012
National Trust denies pressure to include creationism at Giant’s Causeway
Belfast Telegraph
17 Oct 2012Country on red alert as Ash Dieback is identified in a Co Leitrim plantation
Irish Independent
17 Oct 2012Scientists have ‘limited knowledge’ of how climate change causes extinction
Guardian
17 Oct 2012Monday October 15th, 2012
Environmental science agencies told to help oil firms drilling in polar regions
Guardian
15 Oct 2012Friday October 12th, 2012
Wednesday October 10th, 2012
Scotland’s North Sea energy policies ‘irreconcilable with green government’
Guardian
10 Oct 2012Monday October 8th, 2012
Friday October 5th, 2012
Barry Commoner, 1917-2012: Scientist, Candidate and Planet Earth’s Lifeguard
NY Times
5 Oct 2012Greens attack decision to grant Providence Resources licence for oil exploration off Dalkey
Irish Independent
5 Oct 2012Creationism takes a back seat in story of Giant’s Causeway visitor centre
Belfast Telegraph
5 Oct 2012Land acquired over past decade could have produced food for a billion people
Guardian
5 Oct 2012Wednesday October 3rd, 2012
Monday October 1st, 2012
Friday September 28th, 2012
Wednesday September 26th, 2012
Total warns against drilling for offshore oil in Arctic over fears of damaging environment
Irish Times
26 Sep 2012Monday September 24th, 2012
Tory ‘Tea Party tendency’ putting green energy jobs at risk, warns Ed Davey
Guardian
24 Sep 2012Friday September 21st, 2012
New York DEC Announces State Health Commissioner to Assess Health Impacts of Fracking
New York Dept Environmental Conservation
21 Sep 2012Householders unlikely to recover solar heating installation costs for 30 years
Guardian
21 Sep 2012Wednesday September 19th, 2012
Monday September 17th, 2012
Saturday September 15th, 2012
Planning minister’s think-tank calls for millions of homes on Green Belt
UK Independent
15 Sep 2012Wednesday September 12th, 2012
Farmers in legal bid to block Northern Ireland’s largest road scheme
Belfast Telegraph
12 Sep 2012Monday September 10th, 2012
Climate change expert calls for nuclear power ‘binge’ to avert global warming
Guardian
10 Sep 2012Shell criticised for limited testing of Alaska drilling containment equipment
Guardian
10 Sep 2012Friday September 7th, 2012
All’s well that ends well … we’re not out of oil, but entering an age...
Irish Independent
7 Sep 2012We weren’t expecting you… 5,000 geese arrive in Northern Ireland early
Belfast Telegraph
7 Sep 2012Wednesday September 5th, 2012
New Smoky Coal Ban Regulations will bring Cleaner Air, Fewer Deaths and can help efficiency
Dept Environment, Community and Local Government
5 Sep 2012US and EU must change biofuel targets to avert food crisis, says Nestlé chief
Guardian
5 Sep 2012Monday September 3rd, 2012
Friday August 31st, 2012
How these birds were fooled into setting up home on the Copelands
Belfast Telegraph
31 Aug 2012High Court refuses to allow legal challenge to modified potato trials
Irish Independent
31 Aug 2012Tuesday August 28th, 2012
Transport Secretary Justine Greening could resign from Government if David Cameron backs third Heathrow runway
UK Independent
28 Aug 2012Monday August 27th, 2012
Friday August 24th, 2012
Wednesday August 22nd, 2012
Monday August 20th, 2012
Call for urgent action over burning and throwing valuable materials in landfill
Guardian
20 Aug 2012After 50 years, potato fields are finally free of destructive fungus
Belfast Telegraph
20 Aug 2012Wednesday August 15th, 2012
Public concern about the effects of climate change falls by 7% from 2009
NI Dept of the Environment
15 Aug 2012Monday August 13th, 2012
Call for independent environment agency to help protect Northern Ireland wildlife
Belfast Telegraph
13 Aug 2012Climate change: how theatre delivered a dramatic warning about the planet’s future
Guardian
13 Aug 2012Wednesday August 8th, 2012
Net gains for herring fishermen as minister negotiates new deal to raise quota
Belfast Telegraph
8 Aug 2012Monday August 6th, 2012
Friday August 3rd, 2012
Countries opposed to EU carbon charge for airlines fail to find an alternative
Guardian
3 Aug 2012Monday July 30th, 2012
Jumping for joy: Northern Ireland porpoises now have extra protection under law
Belfast Telegraph
30 Jul 2012Chinese protesters force officials to cancel industrial waste pipeline project
Guardian
30 Jul 2012Coalition green policies are ‘incoherent and failing to achieve objectives’
Guardian
30 Jul 2012Friday July 27th, 2012
Wednesday July 25th, 2012
Save our seas: Protection of vulnerable seal colony is hindered by red tape
Belfast Telegraph
25 Jul 2012Oireachtas committee and IFA call for OPW to take Shannon ‘lead role’
Irish Independent
25 Jul 2012Monday July 23rd, 2012
North’s environmental institute calls for impact assessments on fracking
Irish Times
23 Jul 2012Swimming banned at three Atlantic beaches after e-coli found in water
Irish Independent
23 Jul 2012Arctic wilderness faces pollution threats as oil and gas giants target its riches
Guardian
23 Jul 2012Emails reveal UK government’s moves to protect nuclear power from bad news
Guardian
23 Jul 2012Friday July 20th, 2012
Northern Ireland greenhouse gas emissions increase by almost 4% from 2009
Northern Ireland Environment Link
20 Jul 2012National Trust’s decision to review Giant’s Causeway creationist exhibit welcomed
Belfast Telegraph
20 Jul 2012Emails reveal UK government’s moves to protect nuclear power from bad news
Guardian
20 Jul 2012Wednesday July 18th, 2012
Owners of pig farm given one more chance to clean up slurry leaks
Irish Independent
18 Jul 2012Monday July 16th, 2012
New Study: Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into Pennsylvania Drinking Water
ProPublica
16 Jul 2012Sir David Attenborough: We’ve only ourselves to blame for this awful summer
Belfast Telegraph
16 Jul 2012Preservation of oceans, rivers and lakes can become Northern Ireland’s lasting legacy
Belfast Telegraph
16 Jul 2012Wednesday July 11th, 2012
Global warming already affecting fragile coral reef eco-system, say experts
Irish Times
11 Jul 2012Northern Ireland’s seas becoming underwater dead zones devoid of life
Belfast Telegraph
11 Jul 2012Monday July 9th, 2012
Richard Dawkins: Creationism at Giant’s Causeway ‘is intellectual baboonism’
Belfast Telegraph
9 Jul 2012Friday July 6th, 2012
Coast Guard ‘poorly’ prepared to deal with pollution incident, report shows
Irish Times
6 Jul 2012Renewable UK threatens legal action as Tory MPs call for wind policy U-turn
Guardian
6 Jul 2012Four hundred million more plastic bags handed out in supermarkets last year
UK Independent
6 Jul 2012Wednesday July 4th, 2012
Wildlife wars: the uphill struggle to stop butchery in our countryside
Belfast Telegraph
4 Jul 2012Monday July 2nd, 2012
Saturday June 30th, 2012
Tuesday June 26th, 2012
Native animals ‘at risk of extinction’ as pollution and over-fishing take toll
Irish Independent
26 Jun 2012Monday June 25th, 2012
Friday June 22nd, 2012
Wednesday June 20th, 2012
Former Soviet president warns conference is doomed if climate change is ignored
Irish Times
20 Jun 2012Rio text ‘a polluters’ charter that will cook the planet’, says Greenpeace
Irish Times
20 Jun 2012Jonathon Porritt: Where’s the energy to keep fighting for the planet?
UK Independent
20 Jun 2012Monday June 18th, 2012
Europe to impose fines if Northern Ireland water isn’t clean by 2015
Belfast Telegraph
18 Jun 2012Thursday June 14th, 2012
Wednesday June 13th, 2012
Monday June 11th, 2012
Friday June 8th, 2012
‘Astonishing’ autism signs found in fish swimming in contaminated water
Irish Independent
8 Jun 2012Wednesday June 6th, 2012
Northern Ireland Water facing action over raw sewage at beauty spot
Belfast Telegraph
6 Jun 2012Monday June 4th, 2012
Thursday May 31st, 2012
Report prompts councils to call for public review of water fluoridation
Irish Times
31 May 2012Wednesday May 30th, 2012
Higher EU greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 due to economic recovery and cold winter
European Environment Agency
30 May 2012Monday May 28th, 2012
Friday May 25th, 2012
President Obama, Other G8 Leaders Commit to Cutting Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
25 May 2012Wednesday May 23rd, 2012
Plans for Wild Atlantic Way driving route unveiled as another Ring road
Irish Times
23 May 2012Monday May 21st, 2012
Irish students are among the award winners at international science fair
Irish Times
21 May 2012Friday May 18th, 2012
Wednesday May 16th, 2012
Commission deals with tar sands problem by ordering impact study
Transport & Environment
16 May 2012Monday May 14th, 2012
Energy sector biggest greenhouse gas emitter in India, says national communication to UNFCCC
Down To Earth
14 May 2012Friday May 11th, 2012
Household chemicals’ ‘cocktail effect’ raises cancer concerns for watchdog
Guardian
11 May 2012Wednesday May 9th, 2012
Conservative thinktanks step up attacks against Obama’s clean energy strategy
Guardian
9 May 2012Graeme’s rain water filtration invention could save thousands of lives
Belfast Telegraph
9 May 2012Sunday May 6th, 2012
Saturday May 5th, 2012
Friday May 4th, 2012
Sandstorm blows up over grading of Northern Ireland’s best beaches
Belfast Telegraph
4 May 2012Northern Ireland Environment Agency takes hundreds of polluting flights every year
Belfast Telegraph
4 May 2012Thursday May 3rd, 2012
Beaches in Galway and Clare fail water quality test for swimming standards
Irish Independent
3 May 2012Wednesday May 2nd, 2012
Friday March 16th, 2012
Underground cables running through Rush could increase risk of leukemia
Irish Independent
16 Mar 2012