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Thursday December 21st, 2017
An Taisce urges Minister to intervene over ‘rebranding’ of Skellig Michael
Irish Times
21 Dec 2017UK fracking could be limited by lack of special waste facilities, research says
Belfast Telegraph
21 Dec 2017Lower energy bills predicted as ageing power plants to be shut down
Irish Independent
21 Dec 2017Giant’s Causeway becomes first Northern Ireland attraction to hit one million visitors
Irish Independent
21 Dec 2017China aims to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions through trading scheme
Guardian
21 Dec 2017‘This is a generation challenging their parents on the environment’: how schools are taking on...
Guardian
21 Dec 2017Australia’s electricity target so weak it would require ‘taking every car away’ to meet Paris...
Guardian
21 Dec 2017Hinkley Point: the ‘dreadful deal’ behind the world’s most expensive power plant
Guardian
21 Dec 2017A small number of farms are responsible for the majority of antibiotic use
Guardian
21 Dec 2017Thursday December 14th, 2017
Russian nuclear plant admits use of isotope behind rise in radioactivity
Irish Independent
14 Dec 2017Liam Gallagher narrates Christmas story with an environmental moral
Irish Independent
14 Dec 2017Cracking the climate conundrum with innovative Cool Planet project
Irish Independent
14 Dec 2017Global warming made Hurricane Harvey deadly rains three times more likely, research reveals
Guardian
14 Dec 2017After years of toxic oil spills, indigenous Peruvians use tech to fight back
Guardian
14 Dec 2017Monday December 11th, 2017
George Monbiot: Mass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging the land to death
Guardian
11 Dec 2017Thirty Ag sustainability advisors to be appointed to improve water quality
Irish Independent
11 Dec 2017Tory MPs bombard social media with pro-environmental messages after Blue Planet II
Guardian
11 Dec 2017One Planet climate summit: France to push for financial transactions tax
Irish Times
11 Dec 2017Friday December 8th, 2017
Meeting cycling and walking aims ‘would prevent thousands of premature deaths’
Belfast Telegraph
8 Dec 2017Top doctors back legal action against UK Government on carbon emissions
Belfast Telegraph
8 Dec 2017Europe will need to change its diet to address climate change and health – report
Irish Independent
8 Dec 2017Shona Murray: With this deal, Theresa May has essentially committed to a soft Brexit
Irish Independent
8 Dec 2017Warning issued to Irish shoppers after toxic substances found in popular counterfeit beauty products
Irish Independent
8 Dec 2017Monday December 4th, 2017
Ireland needs to wake up and wake up soon or face massive EU environmental fines...
Irish Independent
4 Dec 2017After years of quibbling, work is to finally begin on A5 upgrade in 2018
Belfast Telegraph
4 Dec 2017Environmental injustice is rising in the US. Minorities and the poor pay the price
Guardian
4 Dec 2017Sicilians take aim at oil ‘monster’ they blame for children’s birth defects
Guardian
4 Dec 2017‘Irish dairying is only meeting Asian middle class demands, not helping food security’ – Cara...
Irish Independent
4 Dec 2017Monday November 20th, 2017
Time for coal has passed, UK Government says as green alliance launched
Belfast Telegraph
20 Nov 2017Well known Irish companies ranked for efforts in tackling climate change
Irish Independent
20 Nov 2017Tech giant Intel goes 100pc green to power 360-acre manufacturing Leixlip campus
Irish Independent
20 Nov 2017Cobh Town cut off by storms twice in five years demands action before lives are...
Irish Independent
20 Nov 2017Battered by extreme weather, Americans are more worried about climate change
Guardian
20 Nov 2017As Norway sells out of oil, suddenly fossil fuels are starting to look risky
Guardian
20 Nov 2017A civil rights ’emergency’: justice, clean water and air in the age of Trump
Guardian
20 Nov 2017‘Planet at a crossroads’: climate summit makes progress but leaves much to do
Guardian
20 Nov 2017Call to freeze fuel duty and avoid punishing diesel motorists ahead of Budget
Belfast Telegraph
20 Nov 2017Thursday November 16th, 2017
EPA warns of health risk to families as half of septic tanks fail inspections
Irish Times
16 Nov 2017Drop in carbon pollution makes UK power system one of world’s cleanest
Belfast Telegraph
16 Nov 2017New Zealand say changes in agriculture key to be carbon neutral by 2050
Irish Independent
16 Nov 2017Brazil’s oil sale plans prompt fears of global fossil fuel extraction race
Guardian
16 Nov 2017Monday November 13th, 2017
Schwarzenegger calls on climate activists to change their methods
Irish Independent
13 Nov 2017Alternative US group honouring Paris climate accord demands ‘seat at the table’
Guardian
13 Nov 2017From the Everglades to Kilimanjaro, climate change is destroying world wonders
Guardian
13 Nov 2017Thursday November 9th, 2017
Election Winners Promise Climate Action in Coast-to-Coast Pushback on Trump
Inside Climate News
9 Nov 2017The seven megatrends that could beat global warming: ‘There is reason for hope’
Guardian
9 Nov 2017Monday November 6th, 2017
Climate change measures urged to end ‘decade of dithering and delay’
Irish Independent
6 Nov 2017Solid fuel home fires main threat to Ireland’s air quality, say environmental chiefs
Irish Independent
6 Nov 2017From Miami to Shanghai: 3C of warming will leave world cities below sea level
Guardian
6 Nov 2017Sadiq Khan unveils plans to ban traffic from part of Oxford Street
Belfast Telegraph
6 Nov 2017Officials pore through 142 Irish issues in the great British break-off
Irish Independent
6 Nov 2017One step beyond organic or free-range: Dutch farmer’s chickens lay carbon-neutral eggs
Guardian
6 Nov 2017Monday October 30th, 2017
Britain’s soil to become infertile within 40 years due to intensive farming, warns Minister
Irish Independent
30 Oct 2017Subsidy plan for coal and nuclear plants ‘will cost US taxpayers $10.6bn a year’
Guardian
30 Oct 2017Thursday October 26th, 2017
Local residents ask High Court for appeal on Apple’s plan to develop €850m data centre
Irish Independent
26 Oct 2017‘We will be toasted, roasted and grilled’: IMF chief sounds climate change warning
Guardian
26 Oct 2017Pollutants from fracking could pose health risk to children, warn researchers
Guardian
26 Oct 2017Fit UK fishing boats with monitoring technology after Brexit, campaigners urge
Guardian
26 Oct 2017Tuesday October 24th, 2017
10 tonnes of raw sewage pumped into rivers and seas around Ireland every minute
Irish Independent
24 Oct 2017EPA kept scientists from speaking about climate change at Rhode Island event
Guardian
24 Oct 2017Ocean acidification is deadly threat to marine life, finds eight-year study
Guardian
24 Oct 2017Thursday October 19th, 2017
Paying farmers more than non-farmers for forestry ‘not an option’ – Creed
Irish Independent
19 Oct 2017Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers
Guardian
19 Oct 2017Tuesday October 17th, 2017
Storm Ophelia live updates: Northern Ireland schools to reopen, hospitals back to normal, 3,000 without...
Belfast Telegraph
17 Oct 2017Ophelia’s trail of destruction: Number of homes without water ‘rising rapidly
Irish Independent
17 Oct 2017UK withdrawal bill ‘rips the heart out of environmental law’, say campaigners
Guardian
17 Oct 2017Indigenous rights ‘serious obstacle’ to Kinder Morgan pipeline, report says
Guardian
17 Oct 2017Regreening the planet could cut as much carbon as halting oil use – report
Guardian
17 Oct 2017Thursday October 12th, 2017
Wind power generated double Scotland’s required electricity on October 2 – WWF
Belfast Telegraph
12 Oct 2017Fightback begins over Trump’s ‘illegal and irresponsible’ clean power repeal
Guardian
12 Oct 2017Fossil fuels win billions in public money after Paris climate deal, angry campaigners claim
Guardian
12 Oct 2017Monday October 9th, 2017
Anger over decision not to list Pacific walrus as threatened species
Belfast Telegraph
9 Oct 2017Blow for ‘grass fed’ beef as new report suggests it’s part of the climate problem...
Irish Independent
9 Oct 2017Sunday October 8th, 2017
Alarm as study reveals world’s tropical forests are huge carbon emission source
Guardian
8 Oct 2017State spends €250k every 15 minutes buying ‘polluting’ power from abroad, Assembly told
Irish Independent
8 Oct 2017Citizens’ Assembly hears that Government is ‘long fingering’ climate change policy
Irish Independent
8 Oct 2017Thursday September 28th, 2017
Call for all-Ireland environmental protection to feature in Brexit talks
Irish Times
28 Sep 2017Do more to help poor nations cope with climate change, IMF tells rich countries
Guardian
28 Sep 2017European countries spend billions a year on fossil fuel subsidies, survey shows
Guardian
28 Sep 2017Monday September 25th, 2017
Devastated Puerto Rico Tests Fairness of Response to Climate Disasters
Inside Climate News
25 Sep 2017Seeing albatross feed chick plastic was heartbreaking – Sir David Attenborough
Belfast Telegraph
25 Sep 2017Environmentalists warn of plant and animal extinctions on both sides of border
Irish Independent
25 Sep 2017How did that get there? Plastic chunks on Arctic ice show how far pollution has...
Guardian
25 Sep 2017Quitting coal: a health benefit equivalent to quitting tobacco, alcohol and fast-food
Guardian
25 Sep 2017Friday September 22nd, 2017
Activists force ship carrying Volkswagen cars to turn around, Greenpeace says
Belfast Telegraph
22 Sep 2017€2bn per year – the potential cost of climate change for Irish farming
Irish Independent
22 Sep 2017Climate optimism has been a disaster. We need a new language – desperately
Guardian
22 Sep 2017Poorest London children face health risks from toxic air, poverty and obesity
Guardian
22 Sep 2017A new cycling law won’t make roads safer and could postpone laws that could
Guardian
22 Sep 2017Red squirrels make comeback on estate after near-extinction through deadly virus
Belfast Telegraph
22 Sep 2017Monday September 18th, 2017
Councillors divided over proposal for underground gold mine in the Sperrins
Belfast Telegraph
18 Sep 2017Plea for anchored rafts to help walrus population amid shortage of sea ice
Irish Independent
18 Sep 2017Electric cars take centre stage but SUVs still winning with consumers
Irish Independent
18 Sep 2017US people of color still more likely to be exposed to pollution than white people
Guardian
18 Sep 2017Scientific models saved lives from Harvey and Irma. They can from climate change too
Guardian
18 Sep 2017Thursday September 14th, 2017
Apple warns Ireland that delays could put €1 billion Athenry project ‘at risk’
Irish Independent
14 Sep 2017Huge incinerator power plant to be built despite thousands of objections and rejection by minister
Irish Independent
14 Sep 2017Small firms, big ideas: the contenders for glory at European green business awards
Irish Independent
14 Sep 2017Asia’s glaciers to shrink by a third by 2100, threatening water supply of millions
Guardian
14 Sep 2017Tuesday September 12th, 2017
‘Brutal intrusion’ into landscape condemned as Stonehenge tunnel gets go-ahead
Belfast Telegraph
12 Sep 2017People fear ‘crippling illnesses’ as water for 700,000 people at risk from contamination
Irish Independent
12 Sep 2017Brazil investigates reports of massacre among Amazonian tribe by gold miners
Guardian
12 Sep 2017Trump promised to hire the best people. He keeps hiring the worst. Nasa is next
Guardian
12 Sep 2017Thursday September 7th, 2017
New Innovator: FarmEye – digital system to trace food from soil to table
Irish Times
7 Sep 2017The EPA is looking for 26 people to become climate ambassadors… Could it be you?
Irish Independent
7 Sep 2017Parents face fines for driving children to school in push to curb pollution
Guardian
7 Sep 2017Origami-inspired clothing range that grows with your child wins Dyson award
Guardian
7 Sep 2017Climate change could wipe out a third of parasite species, study finds Climate change could...
Guardian
7 Sep 2017Tesco criticised for deducting £3.4m from plastic bag tax charity donations
Guardian
7 Sep 2017Monday September 4th, 2017
Pope and Orthodox leader blame ‘moral decay’ for ‘ecological crisis’
Belfast Telegraph
4 Sep 2017Britain’s largest landowner warned plan to build huge wind farm ‘will poison waterways with lead’
Irish Independent
4 Sep 2017How will Ireland fund essential services as dirty petrol guzzlers are replaced by electric cars?
Irish Independent
4 Sep 2017The Trump administration wants to bail out failed contrarian climate scientists
Guardian
4 Sep 2017Global warming doubles growth rates of Antarctic seabed’s marine fauna – study
Guardian
4 Sep 2017Thursday August 31st, 2017
Farmers may use ‘strong-arm’ tactics to block pylons in €380m cross-border electricity connector
Irish Independent
31 Aug 2017Who’ll stop the rain if we don’t face up to gathering storm on climate change...
Irish Independent
31 Aug 2017Australian States powering ahead on climate targets despite federal inaction, report shows
Guardian
31 Aug 2017In an era of dire climate records the US and South Asia floods won’t be...
Guardian
31 Aug 2017Monday August 28th, 2017
£200m cross-border electricity plan could face disruption from border opponents
Belfast Telegraph
28 Aug 2017Sewage threat will leave at least 40 families homeless after floods
Irish Independent
28 Aug 2017Kenya enforces plastic bag ban with fines up to 38,000 US dollars or jail time
Irish Independent
28 Aug 2017Friday August 25th, 2017
Ireland faces ‘real challenges’ in meeting its climate objectives – Naughten
Irish Independent
25 Aug 2017Harvard scientists took Exxon’s challenge; found it using the tobacco playbook
Guardian
25 Aug 2017Monday August 21st, 2017
Cut in air passenger tax would ‘mainly benefit the wealthy’
Transport & Environment
21 Aug 2017New rules to force Irish firms to report on environmental and social impacts
Irish Times
21 Aug 2017Burger King animal feed sourced from deforested lands in Brazil and Bolivia
Guardian
21 Aug 2017Britain’s seabird colonies face catastrophe as warming waters disrupt their food supply
The Guardian
21 Aug 2017Thursday August 17th, 2017
MEPs express doubts over global aviation CO2 scheme while reforming ETS
Transport&Environment
17 Aug 2017Environmental survey on A6 £160m expansion not fit for purpose, court hears
Belfast Telegraph
17 Aug 2017Why a €1,200-a-year road tax bill could be introduced in the near future
Irish Independent
17 Aug 2017Britons to throw away £428m worth of barbecue food in August, study reveals
Guardian
17 Aug 2017Monday August 14th, 2017
Friday August 11th, 2017
Irish advice on reacting to nuclear incident out of date by more than decade
Irish Independent
11 Aug 2017Paris climate deal: US tells diplomats to dodge foreign officials’ questions
Guardian
11 Aug 2017Monsanto sold banned chemicals for years despite known health risks, archives reveal
Guardian
11 Aug 2017Australia faces potentially disastrous consequences of climate change, inquiry told
Guardian
11 Aug 2017Norway’s push for Arctic oil and gas threatens Paris climate goals – study
Guardian
11 Aug 2017Monday August 7th, 2017
Translink ‘to work with community’ to address transport hub concerns
Belfast Telegraph
7 Aug 2017Industrial meat production is killing our seas. It’s time to change our diets
Guardian
7 Aug 2017Friday August 4th, 2017
RSPB NI fears for post-Brexit wildlife laws as impasse means we’re voiceless at talks
Belfast Telegraph
4 Aug 2017Industrial meat production is killing our seas. It’s time to change our diets
Guardian
4 Aug 2017Public support for fracking in the UK at record low, official survey reveals
Guardian
4 Aug 2017UK needs bottle deposit scheme to cut plastic litter in oceans, says thinktank
Guardian
4 Aug 2017Monday July 31st, 2017
Government bill close to £400,000 in air pollution fight against ClientEarth
Belfast Telegraph
31 Jul 2017Swapping cars for bikes, not diesel for electric, is the best route to clean air
Guardian
31 Jul 2017Friday July 28th, 2017
Ireland set to miss its 2020 emissions target by ‘a substantial margin’
Irish Independent
28 Jul 2017We must drive home the fact that going electric on our roads is not sci-fi...
Belfast Telegraph
28 Jul 2017Is there enough electricity? National Grid reacts to fossil-fuel vehicle ban
Guardian
28 Jul 2017The ick factor: Dutch project making bike lanes and bottles from used loo roll
Guardian
28 Jul 2017Monday July 24th, 2017
Pepsico, Unilever and Nestlé accused of complicity in illegal rainforest destruction
Guardian
24 Jul 2017Thursday July 20th, 2017
Court hears landowners rights not taken into account in North-South connector decision
Irish Independent
20 Jul 2017Plans for hazardous waste processing plant near environmentally sensitive Irish coastal region pulled
Irish Independent
20 Jul 2017Australian local councils lead the way in tackling climate change as federal policy stalls
Guardian
20 Jul 2017Plastics campaign calls for grassroots action to cut pollution across the UK
Guardian
20 Jul 2017Asia’s coal-fired power boom ‘bankrolled by foreign governments and banks’
Guardian
20 Jul 2017Plastic pollution risks ‘near permanent contamination of natural environment’
Guardian
20 Jul 2017Brexit talks with devolved ministers must be more effective, peers warn
Belfast Telegraph
20 Jul 2017Tuesday July 18th, 2017
‘Grow food on Mars’: LA startups tackle climate change with inventive solutions
Guardian
18 Jul 2017Tesco pledges to tackle hazardous chemicals in clothing supply chain
Belfast Telegraph
18 Jul 2017Thursday July 13th, 2017
Equalising the price of diesel and petrol proposed for budget 2018
Irish Independent
13 Jul 2017Analysis: Brexit’s impact on farming policy will take Britain back to the 1920s – but...
Irish Independent
13 Jul 2017Environmental defenders being killed in record numbers globally, new research reveals
Guardian
13 Jul 2017Green groups call for overhaul of repeal bill to safeguard environment after Brexit
Guardian
13 Jul 2017The Lake District’s world heritage site status is a betrayal of the living world
Guardian
13 Jul 2017Coke’s recycled plastic bottle scheme criticised as PR spin by green groups
Guardian
13 Jul 2017Monday July 10th, 2017
Sellafield’s plutonium facilities fail to meet high standards, says watchdog
Belfast Telegraph
10 Jul 2017Elon Musk unveils first mass-market car as Tesla’s Model 3 rolls off production line
Belfast Telegraph
10 Jul 2017Friday July 7th, 2017
Too busy to follow the bin charges story closely? Here’s what you need to know
Irish Independent
7 Jul 2017Why questions over DUP financing could come back to haunt Sinn Fein
Belfast Telegraph
7 Jul 2017Texas companies penalized in less than 3% of illegal air pollution cases – report
Guardian
7 Jul 2017Monday July 3rd, 2017
‘Ireland is very vulnerable’ – The five things you need to know as the UK...
Irish Independent
3 Jul 2017Admiral calls plan to police post-Brexit fishing waters ‘amazingly complacent’
Guardian
3 Jul 2017Friday June 30th, 2017
Decision not to order immediate halt to Lough Neagh sand-dredging to be quashed
Belfast Telegraph
30 Jun 2017Campaigner loses legal battle to stop new ferry terminal project linking Mournes and Cooley mountain...
Belfast Telegraph
30 Jun 2017Amount of waste sent to landfill up 40pc despite rise in recycling rates
Irish Independent
30 Jun 2017Revealed: From Larry Goodman to a Dubai sheikh – the Irish farmers who receive the...
Irish Independent
30 Jun 2017One in five of the top recipients of EU farm subsidies in Britain are billionaires
Irish Independent
30 Jun 2017Merkel to put climate change at centre of G20 talks after Trump’s Paris pullout
Guardian
30 Jun 2017Failure to update building regulations could triple heatwave deaths by 2040
Guardian
30 Jun 2017Fine motorists idling outside schools to cut air pollution, say health watchdogs
Guardian
30 Jun 2017Europe’s extreme June heat clearly linked to climate change, research shows
Guardian
30 Jun 2017Europe’s contribution to deforestation set to rise despite pledge to halt it
Guardian
30 Jun 2017Climate change set to worsen inequality in US if greenhouse gases aren’t reduced
Guardian
30 Jun 2017Tuesday June 27th, 2017
Exxon, Stephen Hawking, greens, and Reagan’s advisors agree on a carbon tax
Guardian
27 Jun 2017Thursday June 22nd, 2017
Water quality in one in three Irish rivers and lakes is at risk of deteriorating
Irish Independent
22 Jun 2017A third of the world now faces deadly heatwaves as result of climate change
Guardian
22 Jun 2017Climate goals: inside California’s effort to overhaul its ambitious emissions plan
Guardian
22 Jun 2017Monday June 19th, 2017
The Great Greenways Debate: ‘If they had negotiated with farmers, they would have got agreement...
Irish Independent
19 Jun 2017Smart city: using technology to tackle traffic and social isolation in Melbourne
Guardian
19 Jun 2017Houston fears climate change will cause catastrophic flooding: ‘It’s not if, it’s when’
Guardian
19 Jun 2017New Heathrow report names airlines with worst impact on environment
Belfast Telegraph
19 Jun 2017Concern over build-up of hazardous materials on land spread with sewage sludge
Irish Independent
19 Jun 2017Thursday June 15th, 2017
Government rolls out strict new wind turbine rules but keeps minimum 500m set back distance...
Irish Independent
15 Jun 2017Proportion of farmers in the workforce down 85% in last 50 years – CSO
Irish Independent
15 Jun 2017EPA: air pollution rule should be delayed – despite its effect on children
Guardian
15 Jun 2017New aircraft marks ‘major step change for fleet efficiency’, says EasyJet
Belfast Telegraph
15 Jun 2017Monday June 12th, 2017
The expansion of milk production in the west is set to be a key farming...
Irish Independent
12 Jun 2017‘Positions on Paris accord are far apart and will remain like that’ – Italy says...
Irish Independent
12 Jun 2017Why Michael Gove’s record on the environment has some people questioning his new role
Irish Independent
12 Jun 2017Naomi Klein: ‘Trump is an idiot, but don’t underestimate how good he is at that’
Guardian
12 Jun 2017Air pollution more harmful to children in cars than outside, warns top scientist
Guardian
12 Jun 2017The fight against climate change: four cities leading the way in the Trump era
Guardian
12 Jun 2017Thursday June 8th, 2017
Solar lights to be provided for communities in East Africa under new scheme
Belfast Telegraph
8 Jun 2017Workers given first aid and taken to hospital after incinerator lime discharge
Belfast Telegraph
8 Jun 2017Environmental activists have protested over Rex Tillerson’s visit to New Zealand
Irish Independent
8 Jun 2017Humans ‘at risk of ingesting microplastics’ through drinking water or by eating certain types of...
Irish Independent
8 Jun 2017Stormy waters: the salmon farmer trying to limit fishing and save the ocean
Guardian
8 Jun 2017Pittsburgh and Paris join over 200 cities and states rejecting Trump on climate
Guardian
8 Jun 2017Climate change progress at Trump’s EPA is grinding to a halt, workers reveal
Guardian
8 Jun 2017Monday June 5th, 2017
New diesel car registrations drop by 20% amid growing air pollution concerns
Belfast Telegraph
5 Jun 2017Unesco admits ‘concern’ over coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef
Irish Independent
5 Jun 2017‘A big box of crazy’: Trump aides struggle under climate change questioning
Guardian
5 Jun 2017Friday June 2nd, 2017
Three Mile Island faces shutdown without financial rescue from Pennsylvania
Guardian
2 Jun 2017Monday May 29th, 2017
Waste-free living: from gadgets that list themselves on eBay to lidless bottles
Guardian
29 May 2017Thursday May 25th, 2017
Property tax take too low, says EU in warning over ‘volatile revenue’
Irish Independent
25 May 2017US sues Fiat Chrysler for ‘using software to beat emissions tests’
Irish Independent
25 May 2017White House proposes slashing funds to clean up toxic sites despite EPA’s pleas
Guardian
25 May 2017More people heading to court to spur action on climate change, study finds
Guardian
25 May 2017Monday May 22nd, 2017
‘Spiteful and petty’: Maine governor bans signs to Obama-designated monument
Guardian
22 May 2017Study: inspiring action on climate change is more complex than you might think
Guardian
22 May 2017New coalmines will worsen poverty and escalate climate change, report finds
Guardian
22 May 2017Trump’s Fox News deputy national security adviser fooled him with climate fake news
Guardian
22 May 2017Thursday May 18th, 2017
Singapore ruling could complicate task of securing post-Brexit EU trade deal
Belfast Telegraph
18 May 2017Six Irish beaches, including three in Dublin, fail water quality check
Irish Independent
18 May 2017Less than 1% of surplus food from farms and manufacturers used to feed hungry
Guardian
18 May 2017Monday May 15th, 2017
We wouldn’t need price caps if the Tories hadn’t cut energy-saving schemes
Guardian
15 May 2017Race is on to rid UK waters of PCBs after toxic pollutants found in killer...
Guardian
15 May 201738,000 people a year die early because of diesel emissions testing failures
Guardian
15 May 201738 million pieces of plastic waste found on uninhabited South Pacific island
Guardian
15 May 2017Thursday May 11th, 2017
EasyJet cuts emissions to lowest rate in response to pressure on airlines
Belfast Telegraph
11 May 2017Preparatory work on North-South interconnector can go ahead despite landowner opposition
Irish Independent
11 May 2017More errors identified in contrarian climate scientists’ temperature estimates
Guardian
11 May 2017Republicans fail to repeal methane regulations for drilling on public lands
Guardian
11 May 2017Tuesday May 9th, 2017
EPA removes half of scientific board, seeking industry-aligned replacements
Guardian
9 May 2017Thursday May 4th, 2017
Carbon nanoparticles from vehicle exhausts can enter the bloodstream and sow seeds of disease, research...
Belfast Telegraph
4 May 201797pc of respondents to CAP reform debate ‘not involved in farming’
Irish Independent
4 May 2017County council take dog poo campaign to new level with controversial posters
Irish Independent
4 May 2017Global warming ‘hiatus’ doesn’t change long term climate predictions – study
Guardian
4 May 2017Monday May 1st, 2017
Green light for Connswater Greenway in Belfast as its final section opens to fanfare
Belfast Telegraph
1 May 2017Most global investors recognise financial risk of climate change, report finds
Guardian
1 May 2017Farmer says politicians will ‘devastate’ the west of Ireland by covering it with forests
Irish Independent
1 May 2017Thursday April 20th, 2017
Climate change will fuel terrorism recruitment, report for German foreign office says
Guardian
20 Apr 2017Trump aides abruptly postpone meeting on whether to stay in Paris climate deal
Guardian
20 Apr 2017Monday April 17th, 2017
Demand for dairy is predicted to increase in few countries this year
Irish Independent
17 Apr 2017Humans on the verge of causing Earth’s fastest climate change in 50m years
Guardian
17 Apr 2017‘Like a slow death’: families fear pesticide poisoning after Trump reverses ban
Guardian
17 Apr 2017Friday April 14th, 2017
Renewables sector feels it’s left twisting in the wind as EU fines and Brexit loom
Irish Independent
14 Apr 2017More than a quarter of UK birds face extinction risk or steep decline – study
Guardian
14 Apr 2017Trump’s border wall plan hits snag as congressman backs environmental suit
Guardian
14 Apr 2017Peat-free compost not clearly labelled at garden centres, survey finds
Belfast Telegraph
14 Apr 2017Monday April 10th, 2017
Coveney confirms new wind farm guidelines won’t be finalised until the end of the year
Irish Independent
10 Apr 2017The California drought is officially over, but next could be ‘around the corner’
Guardian
10 Apr 2017Yes, we’re letting diesel cars choke our kids. Here’s how we got in this mess
Guardian
10 Apr 2017Thursday March 23rd, 2017
Calls for State to buy ‘contaminated lands’ from dairy farmers near Silvermines sites
Irish Independent
23 Mar 2017A species of bumblebee has been recognised as endangered in the US
Irish Independent
23 Mar 2017Dakota Access pipeline: ING sells stake in major victory for divestment push
Guardian
23 Mar 2017Monday March 20th, 2017
Japanese government held liable for first time for negligence in Fukushima
Guardian
20 Mar 2017Bald eagles: scientists decry overturn of ban that would save American symbol
Guardian
20 Mar 2017Peru floods kill 67 and spark criticism of country’s climate change preparedness
Guardian
20 Mar 2017CO2 emissions stay same for third year in row – despite global economy growing
Guardian
20 Mar 2017Four committees probe Government plans to cut air pollution amid health concerns
Belfast Telegraph
20 Mar 2017National Trust bid to save species by creating thousands of acres of new habitat
Belfast Telegraph
20 Mar 2017Donald Trump’s Defence Secretary James Mattis says climate change is already destabilising the world
Belfast Telegraph
20 Mar 2017UK urged to relax green belt planning restrictions to tackle housing crisis
Belfast Telegraph
20 Mar 2017Thursday March 16th, 2017
‘Airpocalypse’ smog events in China linked to melting ice cap, research reveals
Guardian
16 Mar 2017UK climate targets ‘will raise household energy bills by £100 in a decade’
Guardian
16 Mar 2017Trump begins rollback of Obama’s car pollution standards to curb emissions
Guardian
16 Mar 2017Monday March 13th, 2017
Friday March 10th, 2017
Irish Water guilty of sewage pollution at four plants across the country
Irish Independent
10 Mar 20175,400 people on boil notices due to contaminated private water supplies
Irish Independent
10 Mar 2017How climate change battles are increasingly being fought, and won, in court
Guardian
10 Mar 2017Rex Tillerson won’t work on Keystone pipeline issues due to ExxonMobil links
Guardian
10 Mar 2017Monday March 6th, 2017
Black carbon in air pollution ‘aids bacteria which cause respiratory disease’
Belfast Telegraph
6 Mar 2017Burning issue: ban on use of solid fuels would be triple win on health, air...
Irish Independent
6 Mar 2017EU backs investigation into climate change on fish and shellfish in Irish Sea
Irish Independent
6 Mar 2017Thursday March 2nd, 2017
Drones to be used in covert surveillance crackdown on illegal dumping
Irish Independent
2 Mar 2017Hedgecutting ban comes into force as bitter debate continues over its future
Irish Independent
2 Mar 2017Climate scientists say likelihood of extreme summers surging due to global warming
Guardian
2 Mar 2017Fly-tipping clean-up costs £50m as cases in England rise for third year in a row
Guardian
2 Mar 2017Monday February 27th, 2017
Bumblebees found to have ‘impressive’ brain power to teach and copy each other
Belfast Telegraph
27 Feb 2017Windfarms aren’t the real reason energy bills are rising. Blame the free market
Guardian
27 Feb 2017Scott Pruitt vows to slash climate and water pollution regulations at CPAC
Guardian
27 Feb 2017Bumblebees found to have ‘impressive’ brain power to teach and copy each other
Belfast Telegraph
27 Feb 2017Time is right for cleantech firms to meet demand for carbon-reducing technologies
Irish Independent
27 Feb 2017Thursday February 23rd, 2017
North-South electricity interconnector to face legal challenge by landowners
Irish Independent
23 Feb 2017Analysis: Unstated reasons for CAP reform may be the most important
Irish Independent
23 Feb 2017Australian consortium launches world-first digital energy marketplace for rooftop solar
Guardian
23 Feb 2017New EPA head Scott Pruitt’s emails reveal close ties with fossil fuel interests
Guardian
23 Feb 2017Climate scientists face harassment, threats and fears of ‘McCarthyist attacks’
Guardian
23 Feb 2017Green campaigners welcome Coca-Cola U-turn on bottle and can recycling scheme
Guardian
23 Feb 2017Monday February 20th, 2017
‘The wild west of wind’: Republicans push Texas as unlikely green energy leader
Guardian
20 Feb 2017Ireland’s slurry reserves could be the next frontier in energy generation
Irish Independent
20 Feb 2017Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral death
Guardian
20 Feb 2017Australia’s new normal … as city temperatures hit 47C people shelter from the deadly heat
Guardian
20 Feb 2017Thursday February 16th, 2017
EU raises Irish water quality concerns as nitrates derogation hangs in the balance
Irish Independent
16 Feb 2017European Commission prosecuting Ireland for ‘failing to stop raw sewage entering waters’
Irish Independent
16 Feb 2017European commission issues ‘final warning’ to UK over air pollution breaches
Guardian
16 Feb 2017Millions of premature births could be linked to air pollution, study finds
Guardian
16 Feb 2017Judge rejects Standing Rock request to block Dakota Access pipeline drilling
Guardian
16 Feb 2017Monday February 13th, 2017
European smog could be 27 times more toxic than air pollution in China
Irish Independent
13 Feb 2017EU must shut all coal plants by 2030 to meet Paris climate pledges, study says
Guardian
13 Feb 2017Environmentalists warn of bumblebee’s extinction after Trump halts regulations
Guardian
13 Feb 2017Thursday February 9th, 2017
Ireland faces ‘significant challenge’ in meeting climate change targets
Irish Independent
9 Feb 2017Legal challenge launched against North-South electricity interconnector
Irish Independent
9 Feb 2017Republican elders call for new national carbon tax to replace federal regulations
Guardian
9 Feb 2017Five pieces of litter for every step on Northern Ireland’s dirty beaches
Belfast Telegraph
9 Feb 2017Last stand: ‘water protectors’ return to Standing Rock as drilling set to begin
Guardian
9 Feb 2017Patagonia pulls out of Utah trade show in protest of state’s public land grab
Guardian
9 Feb 2017Monday February 6th, 2017
Blow to UK nuclear strategy as Toshiba considers pulling out of Cumbria plant
Guardian
6 Feb 2017Mail on Sunday launches the first salvo in the latest war against climate scientists
Guardian
6 Feb 2017Hedgehogs now a rare garden sight as British populations continue to decline
Guardian
6 Feb 2017Streets and parks fail to make grade on litter despite £43m cleaning bill
Belfast Telegraph
6 Feb 2017Farmers call for EU solidarity as Brexit set to leave black hole in CAP budget
Irish Independent
6 Feb 2017Thursday February 2nd, 2017
Republicans target environmental rules protecting parks and limiting methane
Guardian
2 Feb 2017‘Farmers must be paid on all land set aside under the Afforestation Scheme’
Irish Independent
2 Feb 2017Campaigners lose bid to challenge Heathrow third runway plans at High Court
Belfast Telegraph
2 Feb 2017Monday January 30th, 2017
Here’s how we know Trump’s cabinet picks are wrong on human-caused global warming
Guardian
30 Jan 2017EPA staff experiencing stress and fears Trump will suppress climate science
Guardian
30 Jan 2017Sonny Perdue vows to make American agriculture great again – but for whom?
Guardian
30 Jan 2017Thursday January 26th, 2017
Schools should heed Pope Francis’ message on climate change: John Sweeney
Irish Independent
26 Jan 2017Greenpeace protesters scale crane near White House to call for Trump resistance
Irish Independent
26 Jan 2017Nigerian oil pollution claims against Shell cannot be heard in UK, court rules
Guardian
26 Jan 2017National Park Service climate change Twitter campaign spreads to other parks
Guardian
26 Jan 2017Iowa oil spill underscores pipeline risks day after Trump revives major projects
Guardian
26 Jan 2017Trump administration: EPA studies, data must undergo political review before release
Guardian
26 Jan 2017Monday January 23rd, 2017
China closes 111 golf courses to curb environmental impact of ‘green opium’
Irish Times
23 Jan 2017Air pollution levels soar in Belfast, Londonderry, Armagh and Newry
Belfast Telegraph
23 Jan 2017Anti-Heathrow expansion campaigners face Government bid to block legal challenge
Belfast Telegraph
23 Jan 2017Carbon capture scheme collapsed ‘over government department disagreements’
Guardian
23 Jan 2017Australia’s conservative government fiddles on climate policy while the country burns
Guardian
23 Jan 2017Batteries included: Yorkshire village seeks to solve riddle of too much sun
Guardian
23 Jan 2017Climate change deniers will ‘test our world to destruction’, Charles warns
Belfast Telegraph
23 Jan 2017John Vidal: We are destroying rainforests so quickly they may be gone in 100 years
Guardian
23 Jan 2017Thursday January 19th, 2017
Carbon countdown clock: how much of the world’s carbon budget have we spent?
Guardian
19 Jan 2017Michael Viney, Another Life: Shannon deserves better than gutter treatment
Irish Times
19 Jan 2017Quick Brexit trade deal with Donald Trump administration ‘puts NHS, environment and food safety all...
Belfast Telegraph
19 Jan 2017Outgoing EPA chief reveals fears Trump administration will halt climate action
Guardian
19 Jan 2017Thursday January 12th, 2017
Of course farmers fear Brexit, but it could save the British countryside: George Monbiot
Guardian
12 Jan 2017Indian Point nuclear plant in New York will close after dozens of ‘safety events’
Guardian
12 Jan 2017Ireland rated third-best in EU for potentially-lifesaving ‘open’ data
Irish Independent
12 Jan 2017Monday January 9th, 2017
Paris mayor unveils plan to restrict traffic and pedestrianise city centre
Guardian
9 Jan 2017‘Thousands’ of motorists join lawsuit over Volkswagen emissions scandal
Belfast Telegraph
9 Jan 2017Modern agriculture cultivates climate change – we must nurture biodiversity
Guardian
9 Jan 2017Number of farmers caught spreading slurry during closed period falls
Irish Independent
9 Jan 2017Thursday January 5th, 2017
Friends of the Earth renewing legal bid to halt Lough Neagh sand dredging
Belfast Telegraph
5 Jan 2017Reports of illegal dumping of dead animals as Department clamps down on knackeries
Irish Independent
5 Jan 2017Monday January 2nd, 2017
Adventurer urges action on climate change after Arctic reaches ‘tipping point’
Belfast Telegraph
2 Jan 2017China smog: millions start new year shrouded by health alerts and travel chaos
Guardian
2 Jan 2017Growing mega-cities will displace vast tracts of farmland by 2030, study says
Guardian
2 Jan 2017