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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 2017