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Monday 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