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Monday 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