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Monday 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 2017