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Wednesday October 30th, 2019
EU mulls Brexit delay as leak raises fears of PM plan to cut workers’ rights
Belfast Telegraph
30 Oct 2019Government to examine plans allowing electric cars to use bus lanes
Irish Independent
30 Oct 2019Switching to ‘green’ inhalers could cut emissions and drug costs, says study
Irish Independent
30 Oct 2019Super-rich fuelling growing demand for private jets, report finds Growth centered in US and China,...
Guardian
30 Oct 2019Climate crisis: Australian business leaders say cost to taxpayers will spiral unless new policies introduced
Guardian
30 Oct 2019‘The climate doesn’t need awards’: Greta Thunberg declines environmental prize
Guardian
30 Oct 2019Wednesday October 23rd, 2019
Actor Mark Ruffalo claims supporting fracked gas project makes Government appear bought off by fossil...
Irish Independent
23 Oct 2019Firms face ‘green test’ if bidding for State contracts – Green Procurement
Irish Independent
23 Oct 2019Dublin Boil Water Notice: More than 600,000 people to be affected as public warned about...
Irish Independent
23 Oct 2019Brazilians rally to clean beaches amid outrage at Bolsonaro’s oil spill inaction
Guardian
23 Oct 2019Gullah Geechee: distinct US culture risks losing island home to climate crisis
Guardian
23 Oct 2019Wednesday October 16th, 2019
Legally binding targets on air pollution and natural environment planned
Belfast Telegraph
16 Oct 2019Venues come alive with birdsong to raise awareness of declining bird populations
Belfast Telegraph
16 Oct 2019Application to adjourn Kerry Greenway hearing rejected amid highly-charged debate
Irish Independent
16 Oct 2019The Big Read: ‘You can’t put cattle on the bus’ – the post-budget carbon tax...
Irish Independent
16 Oct 2019George Monbiot: Today, I aim to get arrested. It is the only real power climate...
Guardian
16 Oct 2019‘It’s a crisis, not a change’: the six Guardian language changes on climate matters
Guardian
16 Oct 2019Wednesday October 9th, 2019
The Polluters – Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
Guardian
9 Oct 2019Boris Johnson described protesters from Extinction Rebellion as “uncooperative crusties” occupying “heaving hemp bivouacs”
Guardian
9 Oct 2019Stanley Johnson tells Extinction Rebellion crowd he is proud to be a ‘crusty’ – video
Guardian
9 Oct 2019Lego piloting scheme to recycle bricks in drive against plastic waste
Belfast Telegraph
9 Oct 2019‘My dad jokes climate change doesn’t matter’ – meet the teens who are teaching their...
Irish Independent
9 Oct 2019State to auction up to €1.5bn in ‘green bonds’ to fund environmental projects
Irish Independent
9 Oct 2019Greta Thunberg, favourite to win Nobel peace prize, honoured at Standing Rock
Guardian
9 Oct 2019Richmond v Chevron: the California city taking on its most powerful polluter
Guardian
9 Oct 2019Thursday October 3rd, 2019
Green Party proposes ban on adverts for flights and polluting cars
Belfast Telegraph
3 Oct 2019Fight the power: why climate activists are suing Europe’s biggest coal plant
Guardian
3 Oct 2019‘Things are getting unstable’: global heating and the rise of rockfalls in Swiss Alps
Guardian
3 Oct 2019The women taking the plastic out of periods – ‘environmenstrual’ alternatives
Guardian
3 Oct 2019