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Friday December 23rd, 2016
Furious reaction as planning permission for hugely-controversial power line – and 300 pylons – gets...
Irish Independent
23 Dec 2016Barack Obama bans oil and gas drilling in most of Arctic and Atlantic oceans
Guardian
23 Dec 2016European Court of Justice decision ‘will hugely complicate PM post-Brexit trade deal’
Irish Independent
23 Dec 2016Monday December 19th, 2016
Flood expert’s warning: People in risk areas need to be moved now
Irish Independent
19 Dec 2016Beijing smog: pollution red alert declared in China capital and 21 other cities
Guardian
19 Dec 2016Northern Ireland’s first minister faces vote of no confidence over energy scheme
Guardian
19 Dec 2016Driverless buses arrive in Australia: smart and green but what now for drivers?
Guardian
19 Dec 2016John Vidal: The seven deadly things we’re doing to trash the planet (and human life...
Guardian
19 Dec 2016‘An epic mistake’: environmental groups fume over Rex Tillerson nomination
Guardian
19 Dec 2016Thursday December 15th, 2016
Mark Carney and Michael Bloomberg, How to make a profit from defeating climate change
Guardian
15 Dec 2016Public inquiry should be held into plans for Co Tyrone gold mine says minister
Belfast Telegraph
15 Dec 2016Nicholas Stern: Donald Trump may not be as bad for the environment as feared
Guardian
15 Dec 2016Breathe less … or ban cars: cities have radically different responses to pollution
Guardian
15 Dec 2016Will Rick Perry’s pro-wind power stance carry on in the Trump administration?
Guardian
15 Dec 2016Monday December 12th, 2016
Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has run out of rubbish and has to...
Belfast Telegraph
12 Dec 2016Jane Fonda targets Trump over climate and inequality: ‘A boy in the bully pulpit’
Guardian
12 Dec 2016China riot police seal off city centre after smog protesters put masks on statues
Guardian
12 Dec 2016Trump’s transition: sceptics guide every agency dealing with climate change
Guardian
12 Dec 2016Tuesday December 6th, 2016
Monday December 5th, 2016
How Irish Water will be funded is the burning issue – debate over refunds is...
Irish Independent
5 Dec 2016Standing Rock: US denies key permit for Dakota Access pipeline, in win for tribe
Guardian
5 Dec 2016Hydrogen-powered Wrightbus that may replace London’s iconic red Routemaster
Belfast Telegraph
5 Dec 2016Thursday December 1st, 2016
Civil servant in charge of Stormont’s energy scheme at loss to explain why it wasn’t...
Belfast Telegraph
1 Dec 2016Second legal bid to halt A5 dual carriageway project linking Derry and Tyrone suffers blow
Belfast Telegraph
1 Dec 2016Monday November 28th, 2016
UK government accused of ‘dirty tricks’ over controversial fracking report
Guardian
28 Nov 2016Arctic ice melt could trigger uncontrollable climate change at global level
Guardian
28 Nov 2016‘We can’t stop climate change without ambition’ – EPA Director General
Irish Independent
28 Nov 2016Thursday November 24th, 2016
The most unlikely twinning ever… Stormont toilets are linked up with Uganda loos
Belfast Telegraph
24 Nov 2016Could farmers be facing a new environmental measure – a soils Directive?
Irish Indepencent
24 Nov 2016Farmer turns up at waste collection with enough cyanide to ‘wipe out’ Roscommon
Irish Indepencent
24 Nov 2016Here are the 43 areas of concern where raw sewage is pouring into water on...
Irish Indepencent
24 Nov 2016Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’
Guardian
24 Nov 2016Protected forests in Europe felled to meet EU renewable targets – report by Birdlife
Guardian
24 Nov 2016Monday November 21st, 2016
Secret cameras help to uncover massive illegal waste dump near Co Donegal village
Irish Independent
21 Nov 2016Bill McKibben: Trump’s dilemma: to please his friends by trashing the Paris climate deal, or...
Guardian
21 Nov 2016California drought: 36m trees dead since May, raising toll to more than 102m
Guardian
21 Nov 2016Groups working with Republicans on climate are discouraged, but see a glimmer of hope
Guardian
21 Nov 2016Thursday November 17th, 2016
Reindeer starving to death as global warming cuts off food supply
Belfast Telegraph
17 Nov 2016Canada gives $3.3bn subsidies to fossil fuel producers despite climate pledge
Guardian
17 Nov 2016Dakota pipeline operator goes to court after government delays construction
Guardian
17 Nov 2016Marrakech climate talks: US accepts petition calling for fossil fuel lobbyists to be excluded
Guardian
17 Nov 2016Australia ranked among worst developed countries for climate change action
Guardian
17 Nov 2016Monday November 14th, 2016
Ireland doesn’t really do climate change – so what will Paris deal mean for us?
Irish Independent
14 Nov 2016Trump administration could roll back US environmental protection, critics fear
Guardian
14 Nov 2016Thursday November 10th, 2016
Irish greenhouse gas levels are on the rise, as cow numbers increase
Irish Independent
10 Nov 2016Will your farm be hit by the new Shannon-to-Dublin water pipeline?
Irish Independent
10 Nov 2016EU drops plans to make toasters more energy efficient over ‘intrusion’ fears
Guardian
10 Nov 2016Seabirds eat floating plastic debris because it smells like food, study finds
Guardian
10 Nov 2016Monday November 7th, 2016
Naomi Klein: Climate change is intergenerational theft. That’s why my son is part of this...
Guardian
7 Nov 2016Locals’ challenge to Apple data centre planning permission sent to ‘fast-track’ court
Irish Independent
7 Nov 2016Koalas ‘under siege’ from policy changes set to destroy habitat, report finds
Guardian
7 Nov 2016Wind turbine collisions killing hundreds of UK bats each month, study finds
Guardian
7 Nov 2016Thursday November 3rd, 2016
World on track for 3C of warming under current global climate pledges, warns UN
Guardian
3 Nov 2016Residential area closed off as toxic material left on road in Clondalkin
Irish Independent
3 Nov 2016UK climate targets at risk without government support for windfarms, says energy boss
Guardian
3 Nov 2016Indigenous rights are key to preserving forests, climate change study finds
Guardian
3 Nov 2016Oil drilling caused killer earthquake in boomtime California, scientists suspect
Guardian
3 Nov 2016Rio’s famous beaches take battering as scientists issue climate change warning
Guardian
3 Nov 2016Monday 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 2016Hinkley Point C developers face £7.2bn cleanup bill at end of nuclear plant’s life
Guardian
2 Oct 2016Monday September 12th, 2016
Motorists to be hit with 2 cent rise in price of diesel every year until...
Irish Independent
12 Sep 2016Just 10 new community energy schemes registered after Tories cut subsidies
Guardian
12 Sep 2016UK must move now on carbon capture to save consumers billions, says report
Guardian
12 Sep 2016Thursday September 8th, 2016
Air pollution costs trillions and holds back poor countries, says World Ban
Guardian
8 Sep 2016Amitav Ghosh: ‘climate change is like death, no one wants to talk about it’
Guardian
8 Sep 2016NI Villagers suffer ‘summer of hell as quarry pumps out dawn-to-dusk noise’
Belfast Telegraph
8 Sep 2016Environmental group welcomes cancellation of ‘lethal’ charity balloon release
Irish Independent
8 Sep 2016Bill McKibben: The oceans are heating up. That’s a big problem on a blue planet
Guardian
8 Sep 2016Monday September 5th, 2016
Modern life is killing our children: Cancer rate in young people is up 40pc
Irish Independent
5 Sep 2016Eastern gorilla now critically endangered while giant panda situation improves
Guardian
5 Sep 2016Huge recycling plant fire could have spread toxic particles across Belfast, warns politician
Belfast Telegraph
5 Sep 2016Thursday September 1st, 2016
Northern Ireland’s new power station one step closer as proposal secures £5m investment
Belfast Telegraph
1 Sep 2016Monday August 29th, 2016
199m fewer plastic bags in circulation since introduction of 5p charge in NI
Belfast Telegraph
29 Aug 2016The extension of the badger cull is horribly cruel – and it won’t help farmers
Guardian
29 Aug 2016Record tourism in national parks comes with increasing threats – antsy humans
Guardian
29 Aug 2016UK investor initiates bid for Gaelectric wind farms in Republic and Northern Ireland worth up...
Belfast Telegraph
29 Aug 2016British public back strong new wildlife laws post-Brexit, YouGov poll shows
Guardian
29 Aug 2016Climate change predicted to halve coffee-growing area that supports 120m people
Guardian
29 Aug 2016Thursday August 25th, 2016
Investing in off-grid renewables in the developing world: what you need to know
Guardian
25 Aug 2016Letter signed by 154 Australian experts demands climate policy match the science
Guardian
25 Aug 2016Air pollution threat hidden as research ‘presumes people are at home’: study
Guardian
25 Aug 2016Monday August 22nd, 2016
Alaskan village threatened by rising sea levels votes for costly relocation
Guardian
22 Aug 2016Iraqi children pay high health cost of war-induced air pollution, study finds
Guardian
22 Aug 2016Historical documents reveal Arctic sea ice is disappearing at record speed
Guardian
22 Aug 2016Study identifies key species which act as warning signs of ecosystem collapse
Guardian
22 Aug 2016Thursday August 18th, 2016
UK childhood obesity strategy underwhelming, says TV chef Jamie Oliver
Belfast Telegraph
18 Aug 2016Energy companies withholding supply to blame for July price spike, report finds
Guardian
18 Aug 2016The right moves: Importance of getting planning right cannot be underestimated
Irish Independent
18 Aug 2016Monday August 15th, 2016
Tech giant Apple granted planning permission for €850m Galway data centre
Irish Independent
15 Aug 2016Dog study shows potential link between environmental contaminants and fertility
Belfast Telegraph
15 Aug 2016Thursday August 11th, 2016
Brussels briefing: EU declares war on grey squirrel and other ‘invasive alien species’
Irish Independent
11 Aug 2016US dairy groups blast methane reductions: ‘Cows expel gas so they don’t explode’
Guardian
11 Aug 2016Agriculture and overuse greater threats to wildlife than climate change – study
Guardian
11 Aug 2016Sunday August 7th, 2016
Chinese firm with military ties invited to bid for role in UK’s nuclear future
Guardian
7 Aug 2016Bovine TB not passed on through direct contact with badgers, research shows
Guardian
7 Aug 2016Thursday August 4th, 2016
Probe launched after River Faughan pollution kills more than 1,000 fish
Belfast Telegraph
4 Aug 2016Electric vehicle charge points to outnumber petrol stations by 2020, say Nissan
Guardian
4 Aug 2016Monday August 1st, 2016
Fears grow over Irish nuclear power agreements with UK after Brexit
Irish Independent
1 Aug 2016Horse manure spontaneously combusts in New York State’s stinking summer heat
Irish Independent
1 Aug 2016Thursday July 28th, 2016
‘Farm sector can’t deliver more than 8pc cut in CO2 emissions’ – IFA
Irish Independent
28 Jul 2016Mexican village uses fireflies to halt deforestation by local logging industry
Guardian
28 Jul 2016Monday July 25th, 2016
‘World can’t afford to silence us’: black church leaders address climate change
Guardian
25 Jul 2016If the government cuts farmers’ subsidies, what does the rest of the UK stand to...
Guardian
25 Jul 2016Thursday July 21st, 2016
Ireland must cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third by 2030 – EU
Irish Independent
21 Jul 2016New York’s remodelled Governors Island has built-in climate change defense
Guardian
21 Jul 2016Judge slams secrecy around suppressed report as he clears men over Derry port protest
Belfast Telegraph
21 Jul 2016Why is the World Bank backing coal power in Europe’s youngest country – Kosovo?
Guardian
21 Jul 2016UK government must deliver on 25-year environmental plan, campaigners urge
Belfast Telegraph
21 Jul 2016Monday July 18th, 2016
UN envoy, Mary Robinson, criticises UK and Germany for betraying Paris climate deal
Guardian
18 Jul 2016Brexit won’t free UK from paying for botched EU farming subsidies, warn audit office
Guardian
18 Jul 2016Biodiversity is below safe levels across more than half of world’s land – study
Guardian
18 Jul 2016Thursday July 14th, 2016
Pacific islands nations consider world’s first treaty to ban fossil fuels
Guardian
14 Jul 2016Brussels briefing: Commission forced to stall Canadian trade agreement
Irish Independent
14 Jul 2016Monday July 11th, 2016
Massive mangrove die-off on Gulf of Carpentaria worst in the world, says expert
Guardian
11 Jul 2016Thursday July 7th, 2016
Report: US is now world’s largest oil reserve but global supply still small
Guardian
7 Jul 2016Monday July 4th, 2016
Children at nearly 90 London secondary schools exposed to dangerous air pollution
Guardian
4 Jul 2016UK lacks policies to meet more than half its carbon emissions cuts – report
Guardian
4 Jul 2016Wildfires engulfing the west coast are fueled by climate change, experts warn
Guardian
4 Jul 2016Living in a box: the cardboard and bioplastic tents pitching up at festivals
Guardian
4 Jul 2016Growth in artificial lawns poses threat to British wildlife, conservationists warn
Guardian
4 Jul 2016Airport expansion decision put back until October following Brexit
Irish Independent
4 Jul 2016Thursday June 30th, 2016
Leaving EU will make it harder for UK to tackle climate change, says minister
Guardian
30 Jun 2016Freight trains almost half a kilometre long set to enter service in Ireland
Irish Independent
30 Jun 2016Millions exposed to dangerous lead levels in US drinking water, report finds
Guardian
30 Jun 2016Monday June 27th, 2016
‘I spend €600 a week on bottled water… they’re passing the buck’ – Irish hotelier
Irish Independent
27 Jun 2016Anti-fracking activist refuses to pay £55,000 legal bill in Cuadrilla dispute
Guardian
27 Jun 2016Thursday June 23rd, 2016
Dutch prototype clean-up boom brings Pacific plastics solution a step closer
Guardian
23 Jun 2016Road signs could warn Londoners of air pollution episodes, says Sadiq Khan
Guardian
23 Jun 2016China punishes officials over sewage in first environmental case of its kind
Guardian
23 Jun 2016California’s last nuclear plant to close amid longstanding earthquake concerns
Guardian
23 Jun 2016China’s plan to cut meat consumption by 50% cheered by climate campaigners
Guardian
23 Jun 2016Monday June 20th, 2016
European commission warned of car emissions test cheating, five years before VW scandal
Guardian
20 Jun 2016Thursday June 16th, 2016
Climate change has claimed its first mammal species. Is the hedgehog next?
Guardian
16 Jun 2016Planning submissions reveal two sides to Trump’s Co Clare seawall row
Irish Independent
16 Jun 2016Caterpillar ‘faces heavy sanctions’ for diesel spill close to wildlife hotspots
Belfast Telegraph
16 Jun 2016Boost renewable energy target in Australia to 50% and get 28,000 extra jobs, says report
Guardian
16 Jun 2016Monday June 13th, 2016
Paris floods made almost twice as likely by climate change, say scientists
Guardian
13 Jun 2016Biggest US coal company funded dozens of groups questioning climate change
Guardian
13 Jun 2016Milky Way no longer visible to one third of humanity, light pollution atlas shows
Guardian
13 Jun 2016Thursday June 9th, 2016
How the Great Barrier Reef got polluted – from farms and fossil fuels to filthy...
Guardian
9 Jun 2016Recall of Monsanto’s Roundup likely as EU refuses limited use of glyphosate
Guardian
9 Jun 2016Younger Australian voters put social issues and environment before economy, survey shows
Guardian
9 Jun 2016Communities at risk of flooding ‘deserve certainty from government’, say MPs
Belfast Telegraph
9 Jun 2016Monday June 6th, 2016
Airlines back carbon emissions deal despite costs, says trade group
Irish Independent
6 Jun 2016Eamonn Ryan: Poolbeg site is a chance to finally get housing right in Ireland
Irish Times
6 Jun 2016Thursday June 2nd, 2016
Angela Merkel strikes deal with German states to put brakes on green energy
Guardian
2 Jun 2016Make building standards top priority for tackling climate change, says IEA chief
Guardian
2 Jun 2016A switch to ecological farming will benefit health and environment – report
Guardian
2 Jun 2016Tuesday May 31st, 2016
Most voters support transition to 100% renewable energy, says Australia Institute
Guardian
31 May 2016Brexit would free UK from ‘spirit-crushing’ green directives, says minister
Guardian
31 May 2016Most voters support transition to 100% renewable energy, says Australia Institute
Guardian
31 May 2016Thursday May 26th, 2016
Boris’s father says EU will protect the environment in Northern Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
26 May 2016Donald Trump wants to build a wall – to save his golf course from global...
Guardian
26 May 2016Unreliable car emissions tests harming fight against air pollution, expert says
Guardian
26 May 2016Monday May 23rd, 2016
Carbon dioxide’s 400ppm milestone shows humans are rewriting the planet’s history
Guardian
23 May 2016Monsanto weedkiller faces recall from Europe’s shops after EU fail to agree deal
Guardian
23 May 2016Thursday May 19th, 2016
Boris’s remarks on ‘buried’ air pollution report leave unanswered questions
Guardian
19 May 2016Last stand for Europe’s remaining ancient forest as loggers prepare to move in
Guardian
19 May 2016‘Break Free’ fossil fuel protests deemed ‘largest ever’ global disobedience
Guardian
19 May 2016Monday May 16th, 2016
Ireland faces fine for failing to hit targets on carbon emissions
Irish Independent
16 May 2016Thursday May 12th, 2016
Communities in Ireland to be enabled to take a stake in new renewable energy projects...
Irish Independent
12 May 2016UN climate science chief: it’s not too late to avoid dangerous temperature rise
Guardian
12 May 201628% of US bees wiped out this winter, suggesting bigger environmental issues
Guardian
12 May 2016Woman sets out to paddleboard length of England to highlight plastic pollution
Guardian
12 May 2016Monday May 9th, 2016
The ‘most expensive object on earth’ – Hinkley Point C nuclear -to be constructed just...
Irish Independent
9 May 2016Northern Ireland scientist who’s protecting Planet Earth from on high
Belfast Telegraph
9 May 2016Dozens arrested as anti-fossil fuel protesters join Australian coal blockade
Guardian
9 May 2016Solar has a bright future in the UK despite Tory efforts to cloud the picture
Guardian
9 May 2016Man arrested for obstruction at Stop the Drill Woodburn forest protest
Belfast Telegraph
9 May 2016Thursday May 5th, 2016
Tory MPs tell Cameron to accept steep cuts needed for UK’s fifth carbon budget
Guardian
5 May 2016Pollution risk from over 1,000 old UK landfill sites due to coastal erosion
Guardian
5 May 2016Global water shortages to deliver ‘severe hit’ to economies, World Bank warns
Guardian
5 May 2016Fracking: environmental groups sue US EPA in call for strict rules on waste
Guardian
5 May 2016Donald Trump’s election would derail Paris climate deal, warns its architect
Guardian
5 May 2016Australia’s Greens want 1.2m households to install renewable energy storage
Guardian
5 May 2016Environmentalist fails in High Court challenge over Killaloe bypass
Irish Independent
5 May 2016Phasing out coal, oil and gas extraction in US would drastically cut emissions
Guardian
5 May 2016Bord na Móna ‘naturally driven’ slogan criticised as cynical by An Taisce
Irish Times
5 May 2016Anti-drilling campaigners warn over ‘short-cut’ risks in Carrickfergus
Belfast Telegraph
5 May 2016Monday May 2nd, 2016
Obama administration warns of ‘climate refugees’ due to rapid Arctic warming
Guardian
2 May 2016Great Barrier Reef bleaching made 175 times likelier by human-caused climate change, say scientists
Guardian
2 May 2016Thursday April 28th, 2016
Plans to suspend Irish water charges ‘political, economic and environmental sabotage’
Irish Independent
28 Apr 2016Dentist wins ‘green oscar’ for using healthcare incentives to halt logging
Guardian
28 Apr 2016Residents speak out in support of peacocks accused of ruining village life
Belfast Telegraph
28 Apr 2016Monday April 25th, 2016
World governments vow to end fossil fuel era at UN climate signing ceremony
Guardian
25 Apr 201620,000 gather in Hannover for protest against US-Europe trade deal
Irish Independent
25 Apr 2016Thursday April 21st, 2016
Clean air protesters put masks on Nelson’s Column and 17 other London statues
Belfast Telegraph
21 Apr 2016Thursday April 7th, 2016
Six popular Irish swimming spots failed clean water tests last year
Belfast Telegraph
7 Apr 2016US and Canada continue climate alliance with move to curb methane emissions
Guardian
7 Apr 2016Monday April 4th, 2016
Divers express concern over Dublin Port plans to dump spoil in protected habitat
Irish Times
4 Apr 2016The Dublin Honey Project: Generating a buzz about the sweetness of urban beekeeping
Irish Independent
4 Apr 2016Planned gas pipeline alongside Indian Point nuclear plant stirs meltdown fears
Guardian
4 Apr 2016Brexit could put Britain’s environment at risk, says Stanley Johnson, father of Boris
Guardian
4 Apr 2016Sahara dust only ‘partly responsible’ for UK’s worst pollution event in 10 years
Guardian
4 Apr 2016Thursday March 31st, 2016
Monday March 28th, 2016
Global coal and gas investment falls to less than half that in clean energy
Guardian
28 Mar 2016Three-quarters of UK children spend less time outdoors than prison inmates – survey
Guardian
28 Mar 2016Launderers turn to fuel smuggling in NI and UK after diesel marker stumps them
Belfast Telegraph
28 Mar 2016Too good to be true? The Ocean Cleanup Project faces feasibility questions
Guardian
28 Mar 2016Thursday March 24th, 2016
Green light for huge solar farm near Lough Neagh which will power 9,500 homes –...
Belfast Telegraph
24 Mar 2016The impact of environmental disaster and the injustice of a community left behind
Guardian
24 Mar 2016Air pollution experts call for scrappage scheme for diesel cars and boilers
Guardian
24 Mar 2016Rockefeller family charity to withdraw all investments in fossil fuel companies
Guardian
24 Mar 2016Monday March 21st, 2016
Worst Mediterranean drought in 900 years has human fingerprints all over it
Guardian
21 Mar 2016TTIP: Big business and US to have major say in EU trade deals, leak reveals
Belfast Telegraph
21 Mar 2016High Court challenge to the proposed North-South electricity interconnector adjourned
Irish Independent
21 Mar 2016Jetting to global warming events takes a toll on Eamon Ryan’s footprint
Irish Independent
21 Mar 2016Starbucks offers 50p discount if you bring your own cup to reduce waste
Belfast Telegraph
21 Mar 2016Thursday March 17th, 2016
Developers don’t get it: climate change means we need to retreat from the coast
Guardian
17 Mar 2016Budget 2016: Osborne’s policies help the rich and hurt the poor, says thinktank
Guardian
17 Mar 2016Drought and rising temperatures ‘leaves 36m people across Africa facing hunger’
Guardian
17 Mar 2016Monday March 14th, 2016
Future leaders of Ireland’s agri industry got stuck into a debate on the issue of...
Irish Independent
14 Mar 2016Homeowners with children ‘Ireland’s most environmentally conscious citizens’
Irish Independent
14 Mar 2016Coal-fired plant permits no longer need proof of pollution standards plan in UK
Guardian
14 Mar 2016Tory minister Owen Patterson ‘wanted UK pensioners to be low-wage fruit pickers’
Guardian
14 Mar 2016Joint low-carbon declaration sees climate baton pass from Obama to Trudeau
Guardian
14 Mar 2016Thursday March 10th, 2016
Woodburn Forest protest: Stop the Drill protesters warned over blocking InfraStrata site
Belfast Telegraph
10 Mar 2016Florida mayors join forces to call for climate questions at primary debates
Guardian
10 Mar 2016Monday March 7th, 2016
Chernobyl 30 years on: former residents remember life in the ghost city of Pripyat
Guardian
7 Mar 2016New York pension fund could have made billions by divesting from fossil fuels – report
Guardian
7 Mar 2016Thursday March 3rd, 2016
In ‘Half Earth,’ E.O. Wilson Calls for a Grand Retreat – 50% planet preserved for...
New York Times
3 Mar 2016Monday February 29th, 2016
Emissions on the rise from Australia’s largest climate polluters, data shows
Guardian
29 Feb 2016Decline of Pollinators Poses Threat to World Food Supply, Report Says
New York Times
29 Feb 2016Scientists Protest Cuts and Commercialization at Australian Climate Center
New York Times
29 Feb 2016Law change ‘will make farmers in Australia more vulnerable to gas company abuses’
Guardian
29 Feb 2016Thursday February 25th, 2016
€400k damages to mussel firms over fishing ban is overturned by Irish Supreme Court
Irish Independent
25 Feb 2016Increased flooding in US coastal cities caused by climate change, study says
Guardian
25 Feb 2016Brexit would harm efforts to tackle global poverty and climate change, UK aid figures warn
Guardian
25 Feb 2016Fossil fuel use must fall twice as fast as thought to contain global warming –...
Guardian
25 Feb 2016‘We are on the verge of a litter crisis’ – British ‘grotspots’ cleaned for the...
Guardian
25 Feb 2016Monday February 22nd, 2016
Indoor and outdoor air pollution ‘claiming at least 40,000 UK lives a year’
Guardian
22 Feb 2016Eight UK river basin management plans will be inadequate to meet EU water pollution targets...
Guardian
22 Feb 2016China to build ventilation ‘corridors’ in Beijing to help tackle air pollution
Guardian
22 Feb 2016Climate experts urge leading scientists’ association: reject Exxon sponsorship
Guardian
22 Feb 2016Sami reindeer herders battle conservationists and miners to cling on to Arctic culture
Guardian
22 Feb 2016Climate change politics is blinding us to the devastating effects of dirty air
Guardian
22 Feb 2016Thursday February 18th, 2016
Fossil-fuel industry gets $2,000 in ‘subsidies’ for each $1 in party donations
Guardian
18 Feb 2016Hinkley Point decision ‘soon’ as EDF extends generation at four nuclear plants
Belfast Telegraph
18 Feb 2016Man arrested in anti-fracking protest at Woodburn, County Antrim forest drill site
Belfast Telegraph
18 Feb 2016Billions of bits of plastic waste threaten humans and wildlife, Australian senators told
Guardian
18 Feb 2016Ford becomes latest corporation to sever ties with conservative Alec lobby
Guardian
18 Feb 2016Monday February 15th, 2016
Scientists: air pollution led to more than 5.5 million premature deaths in 2013
Guardian
15 Feb 2016Ecos Centre Ballymena gets £1.6m investment as Northern Ireland Science Park expands into Mid and...
Belfast Telegraph
15 Feb 2016Thursday February 11th, 2016
Climate change may have helped spread Zika virus according to WHO scientists
Guardian
11 Feb 2016Monday February 8th, 2016
Thursday February 4th, 2016
From liquid air to supercapacitors, energy storage is finally poised for a breakthrough
Guardian
4 Feb 2016We’re drowning in cheap oil – yet still taxpayers prop up this toxic industry
Guardian
4 Feb 2016US electricity industry’s use of coal fell to historic low in 2015 as plants closed
Guardian
4 Feb 2016Water bills set to increase in UK and Wales despite damning report over pricing
Belfast Telegraph
4 Feb 2016Monday February 1st, 2016
Temperature study of last two millennia ‘confirms global warming a reality’
Belfast Telegraph
1 Feb 2016US to stop approving oil fracking off California coast until review is complete
Guardian
1 Feb 2016Tell the truth, ExxonMobil: a low-carbon future is affordable – and necessary
Guardian
1 Feb 2016Thursday January 28th, 2016
‘Natural’ gas not as good as solar – despite the gas industry’s best efforts
Guardian
28 Jan 2016Australian coalmines are one of riskiest investments in the world – report
Guardian
28 Jan 2016No need to increase UK carbon budget in light of Paris deal, say climate advisers
Guardian
28 Jan 2016Monday January 25th, 2016
Experts gather in Belfast to draw up plan to protect our battered coastline
Belfast Telegraph
25 Jan 2016Thursday January 21st, 2016
Overfishing causing global catches to fall three times faster than estimated
Guardian
21 Jan 2016Environmentalists warn of disaster for Everglades if oil fracking bill passes
Guardian
21 Jan 2016Monday January 18th, 2016
Activists lose criminal case on climate change defense – but judge praises effort
Guardian
18 Jan 2016UK whales and dolphins ‘at risk of extinction due to lingering toxic chemicals’
Belfast Telegraph
18 Jan 2016Thursday January 14th, 2016
The Guardian view on the economic and environmental impact of falling oil prices
Guardian
14 Jan 2016Cutting diesel pollution puts climate change target at risk, says VW UK chief
Guardian
14 Jan 2016Climate change disaster is biggest threat to global economy in 2016, say experts
Guardian
14 Jan 2016Monday January 11th, 2016
London’s mayor seems to struggle with science. Time for a chief scientific adviser
Guardian
11 Jan 2016The solution for the melting polar ice caps may be hiding in the rainforest
Guardian
11 Jan 2016Thursday January 7th, 2016
Frank McGovern: Climate change issues must be put at heart of all Government departments if...
Irish Independent
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