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Thursday 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 2016