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Monday November 23rd, 2020
Drop in greenhouse gas emissions but Ireland still off target to meet climate change obligations
Irish Independent
23 Nov 2020Environmental group raises concerns over removal of more than 1.6 million wild fish to eat...
Irish Independent
23 Nov 2020European governments failing to protect citizens from air pollution, data reveals
Guardian
23 Nov 2020UK ban on new fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 ‘not enough’ to hit climate targets
Guardian
23 Nov 2020The ‘market’ won’t save us from climate disaster. We must rethink our system
Guardian
23 Nov 2020Half of child psychiatrists surveyed say patients have environment anxiety
Guardian
23 Nov 2020‘Suffocating closeness’: US judge condemns ‘appalling conditions’ on industrial farms
Guardian
23 Nov 2020A destructive legacy: Trump bids for final hack at environmental protections
Guardian
23 Nov 2020‘Wet wipes ban needed’ to combat storm water overflows, raw sewage discharges
Irish Times
23 Nov 2020Monday November 16th, 2020
Dramatic footage of a peat slippage near Ballybofey in Co. Donegal
Irish Independent
16 Nov 2020‘Wet wipes ban needed’ to combat storm water overflows, raw sewage discharges
Irish Times
16 Nov 2020Technologies to suck carbon from air not sufficient to allow continued fossil-fuel use
Irish Independent
16 Nov 2020Climate and land-use changes ‘have caused nearly a fifth of habitat loss worldwide’
Irish Independent
16 Nov 2020World heritage status for Scottish peat bogs could help UK hit net zero goals
Guardian
16 Nov 2020Suing for climate action: can the courts save us from the black hole of political...
Guardian
16 Nov 2020AGL long-duration battery planned for Adelaide marks another leap for renewables
Guardian
16 Nov 2020Monday November 9th, 2020
Rent-free flagship HQ offered to lure EU climate agency here from England
Irish Independent
9 Nov 2020Ireland just seven years from exceeding limit for greenhouse gas emissions, expert warns
Irish Independent
9 Nov 2020Climate and land-use changes ‘have caused nearly a fifth of habitat loss worldwide’
Irish Independent
9 Nov 2020People of color more likely to live without piped water in richest US cities
Guardian
9 Nov 2020Monday November 2nd, 2020
Dozens of complaints raised with planning regulator but no investigations launched
Irish Independent
2 Nov 2020‘Sleeping giant’ Arctic methane deposits starting to release, scientists find
Guardian
2 Nov 2020Private investigator hired by Adani secretly photographed activist’s daughter on way to school
Guardian
2 Nov 2020Australian super fund agrees to factor climate crisis into decisions in ‘groundbreaking’ case
Guardian
2 Nov 2020