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Permafrost thaw places one-fifth of northern hemisphere at risk

Irish Independent

Monday December 27th, 2021

EU in row over inclusion of gas and nuclear in sustainability guidance

Guardian

27 Dec 2021

Ireland to scale up ‘carbon farming’ with key role for farmers in capturing emissions

Irish Times

27 Dec 2021

Irish homes to be paid for power generated by rooftop solar panels from next summer

Irish Independent

27 Dec 2021

Counting the cost of climate change: €150bn damage bill for 10 disasters

Irish Independent

27 Dec 2021

No mountain high enough: study finds plastic in ‘clean’ air

Guardian

27 Dec 2021

‘Reckless’ plan to search for oil and gas will put one of world’s healthiest reefs...

Guardian

27 Dec 2021

Spanish should eat less meat to limit climate crisis, says minister

Guardian

27 Dec 2021

Four fights in the long Scottish battle for right to roam

Guardian

27 Dec 2021

Wales coalmine extension may soon be approved despite Cop26 pledges

Guardian

27 Dec 2021

How ‘new normal’ of wild weather put strain on UK nature in 2021

Guardian

27 Dec 2021

Plans in England for car chargers in all commercial car parks quietly rolled back

Guardian

27 Dec 2021

Tuesday December 21st, 2021

Quality of drinking water for one million people needs improvement – EPA

Irish Times

21 Dec 2021

Green hydrogen: Ireland’s big future fuel opportunity

Irish Times

21 Dec 2021

Plan to pipe water from Shannon to Dublin ‘only viable option’ for supply

Irish Independent

21 Dec 2021

Flights that cost less than bus trip to airport must end if carbon emissions from...

Irish Independent

21 Dec 2021

Global demand for coal could hit all-time high in 2022

Guardian

21 Dec 2021

Warmer winters can wreak as much havoc as hotter summers, say scientists

Guardian

21 Dec 2021

‘Goalposts must stop moving’: plea for stability in UK’s green homes drive

Guardian

21 Dec 2021

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ constantly cycle through ground, air and water, study finds

Guardian

21 Dec 2021

2021: when the link between the climate and biodiversity crises became clear

Guardian

21 Dec 2021

Contact with nature in cities reduces loneliness, study shows

Guardian

21 Dec 2021

Campaigners lose court action over lawfulness of UK climate policies

Guardian

21 Dec 2021

Monday December 13th, 2021

Cop26 made tangible progress with shift to ‘the hows’ in climate action – webinar told

Irish Times

13 Dec 2021

Climate action measures too slow to protect vital services from extreme weather, warns report

Irish Independent

13 Dec 2021

Gas-fired power stations needed for stable power grid – Climate Council

Irish Times

13 Dec 2021

Survey finds public are willing to take pain for climate action, but less sure about...

Irish Independent

13 Dec 2021

Government accepts it must do more on climate action and extreme weather preparations

Irish Independent

13 Dec 2021

Scotland marks end to coal power as Longannet chimney is blown up

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

‘2.4C is a death sentence’: Vanessa Nakate’s fight for the forgotten countries of the climate...

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

Jury clears Extinction Rebellion activists who targeted commuters

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

Work on Cambo oilfield paused after Shell withdrawal

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

‘Gushing oil and roaring fires’: 30 years on Kuwait is still scarred by catastrophic pollution

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

British big game hunters to be banned from bringing trophies home

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

Hold the beef: McDonald’s avoids the bold step it must take to cut emissions

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

Airborne DNA used to detect insect species in breakthrough for ecologists

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

Coastal species are forming colonies on plastic trash in the ocean, study finds

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

Microplastics cause damage to human cells, study shows

Guardian

13 Dec 2021

Monday December 6th, 2021

China ‘modified’ the weather to create clear skies for political celebration – study

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Expanding use of gas for generation ‘hugely concerning’ – NGO warns

Irish Times

6 Dec 2021

Motorists should pay to drive into city centre, say Dubliners

Irish Times

6 Dec 2021

Environmental activists challenge ‘unlawful’ UK fossil fuel plan in high court

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Energy firms urge rapid rise in biofuels for vehicles

Irish Independent

6 Dec 2021

‘They can’t silence us’: the female lawyers defending Colombia’s environment

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Ireland ‘overreliant on incineration’ to manage waste

Irish Times

6 Dec 2021

Free tree for every Welsh household in climate initiative

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Farmers in England to be paid for looking after soil health from next year

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

How to make sure Christmas cards and wrapping don’t end up in landfill

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Last-minute attempt to stop Shell’s oil exploration of whale breeding grounds

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Rio Tinto lithium mine: thousands of protesters block roads across Serbia

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

‘No easy fix’: polar bear capital of the world turns to electric buggies to save...

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Fashion must stick to climate pledges to prevent waste crisis, says UK economist

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Carbon-cutting app aims to help Londoners ease into net zero future

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Hot news from two billion years ago: plankton actually moved mountains

Guardian

6 Dec 2021

Monday November 29th, 2021

Smoky coal from NI delivered ‘unchallenged’ to homes in smokeless zones, Dáil told

Irish Times

29 Nov 2021

Can seaweed help solve Ireland’s livestock methane problem? – in pictures

Guardian

29 Nov 2021

Government should remove ban on commercial peat harvesting – report

Irish Times

29 Nov 2021

Air pollution from traffic fell by up to 50pc in some urban areas in 2020

Irish Independent

29 Nov 2021

Electric cars averaged more travel than petrol vehicles in Australia in past year

Guardian

29 Nov 2021

Succession’s plot twist prompts surge of interest in leaving money in wills to Greenpeace

Guardian

29 Nov 2021

Hope ‘rabbit hotels’ can help Britain’s decimated population bounce back

Guardian

29 Nov 2021

Extinction Rebellion blockades Amazon UK hubs on Black Friday

Guardian

29 Nov 2021

UN shipping summit criticised for ‘dangerous’ delay on emissions plan

Guardian

29 Nov 2021

Environmental activists face ‘fever pitch’ of repression from Australian governments, report says

Guardian

29 Nov 2021

Activists take court action against Boris Johnson over climate crisis

Guardian

29 Nov 2021

Plan for car chargers in all new homes in England ‘will make access exclusive’

Guardian

29 Nov 2021

Monday November 22nd, 2021

What will a less-livable world look like?

Irish Times

22 Nov 2021

More than 5,000 homes in England approved to be built in flood zones

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

Pollutionwatch: the double benefit of cutting methane emissions

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

Review of carbon budgets urged amid concern figures do not add up

Irish Independent

22 Nov 2021

US cities working to reduce emissions in the absence of bold action in Washington

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

People under 60 likely to face ‘less liveable’ world, warns former President Mary Robinson

Irish Independent

22 Nov 2021

The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

Ocean scientists call for global tracking of oxygen loss that causes dead zones

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

Cop27 is in Egypt next year … but will anyone be allowed to protest?

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

Floods and wildfires are now normal life in small-town Canada

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

Climate protesters block London bridges after activists jailed

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

Polluters face price pain as global carbon trading system moves forward

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

US auctions off oil and gas drilling leases in Gulf of Mexico after climate talks

Guardian

22 Nov 2021

Monday November 15th, 2021

Drowning Dublin: can the capital keep its head above water?

Irish Times

15 Nov 2021

Major European carmakers will hit emissions targets too easily, research shows

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

Peat imports into Ireland ‘make no environmental, economic or ethical sense’

Irish Times

15 Nov 2021

Plea for more funds as climate scientists forge all-island alliance

Irish Independent

15 Nov 2021

Ireland joins alliance working to end global oil and gas production

Irish Independent

15 Nov 2021

It’s a fairytale that world governments will fix our climate crisis. It’s up to us:...

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

Mung beans, bunnies and the Muppets: PM’s green rhetoric ‘insulting and divisive’

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

Extreme weather making us anxious

Irish Independent

15 Nov 2021

We’re going to need a bigger planet: the problem with fixing the climate with trees

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

Nicola Jennings on Boris Johnson after Cop26 — cartoon

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

Tourists’ cars may be banned from most popular parts of Lake District

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

Where voters and consumers lead on the climate crisis, businesses will have to follow: Will...

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

What are the key points of the Glasgow climate pact?

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

India criticised over coal at Cop26 – but real villain was climate injustice

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

Just 124 people own most of England’s deep peat – its largest carbon store

Guardian

15 Nov 2021

Monday November 8th, 2021

Households and private sector to bear most of Climate Action Plan cost

Irish Times

8 Nov 2021

Taoiseach criticises ‘obsession’ with reducing the national herd as Government launches plan to cut emissions...

Irish Independent

8 Nov 2021

Mairead McGuinness urged to reclassify nuclear power as possible ‘green’ solution for EU

Irish Independent

8 Nov 2021

COP26 defends inclusion of fossil fuel firms as An Taisce cries foul

Irish Independent

8 Nov 2021

Anatomy of spin: how UK is trying to frame Cop26 as a success

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

Cop26 legitimacy questioned as groups excluded from crucial talks

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

Half world’s fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036 in net zero transition

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

Cop26 pledges could limit warming to 1.8C, says energy agency boss

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

Never mind aid, never mind loans: what poor nations are owed is reparations: George Monbiot

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

Cop26: Fridays for Future protest in Glasgow – in pictures

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

At Cop26, I’ve found I have more in common with protesters than politicians The civil...

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

‘The time for change is now’: demonstrators around the world demand action on climate crisis

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

Few willing to change lifestyle to save the planet, climate survey finds

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

Americans can eat meat while cutting global heating, says agriculture secretary

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

Counter climate summit kicks off as activists lament Cop26 inaction

Guardian

8 Nov 2021

Monday November 1st, 2021

‘We will take fossil fuel-powered buses and cars off our streets’ – Taoiseach reveals radical...

Irish Independent

1 Nov 2021

‘The clock is ticking loudly’ – focus on farming and methane emissions as UN looks...

Irish Independent

1 Nov 2021

Poll shows 80pc of public back 2030 target to cut gas emissions by half

Irish Independent

1 Nov 2021

Beyond Extinction Rebellion: the protest groups fighting on the climate frontline

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

UK ministers could face legal challenge over North Sea oil exploration

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

Revealed: a third of England’s vital flood defences are in private hands

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

Bad weather causes delays on train routes to Glasgow Cop26 talks

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

Shun fossil fuel firms by treating them like tobacco industry, EU urged

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

G20 pledge to take climate action criticised for ‘lacking ambition’

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

California’s landscapers to bear brunt of ban on gas-powered lawnmowers

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

Eco-anxiety over climate crisis suffered by all ages and classes

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

‘It’s the protests which are giving me hope’: activists descend on Glasgow

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

Biggest ever Irish climate team aims to make its mark in Glasgow at COP26 talks

Irish Independent

1 Nov 2021

Record greenhouse gas concentrations pushing Earth into ‘uncharted territory’ – report

Irish Times

1 Nov 2021

Cop trumps: how bad are emissions from key polluting countries?

Guardian

1 Nov 2021

Monday October 25th, 2021

Shun fossil fuel firms by treating them like tobacco industry, EU urged

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

Ireland to help provide ‘rapid response mechanism’ for ‘environmental defenders’

Irish Times

25 Oct 2021

Climate change may end bird migrations as milder winters remove the need to fly to...

Irish Independent

25 Oct 2021

Climate crisis likely to fuel conflicts over water and migration, US analyses say

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

Calculators to be put in place so tourists can measure carbon footprint of Irish holiday

Irish Independent

25 Oct 2021

Record levels of renewable energy drive down electricity prices across Australia

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

Emissions fell less in lockdown than in the previous year of full ‘normal’ activities

Irish Independent

25 Oct 2021

Cuts to farming emissions the main sticking point in carbon plan debate

Irish Times

25 Oct 2021

Cop26: ‘World conflict and chaos’ could be the result of a summit failure

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

All hail the net zero strategy: a year late and lacking in both ambition and...

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

Peat-based compost used by UK public bodies despite proposed ban

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

Crown gives go ahead to rival ‘net zero carbon’ North Sea schemes

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

Climate crisis education should be embedded in system, say unions

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

London drivers ditching diesel cars six times faster than rest of UK

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

The climate crisis is global, but councils can offer local solutions

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

Poorest countries to gain from new climate funding plan to break Cop26 impasse

Guardian

25 Oct 2021

Monday October 18th, 2021

Gold and silver prospecting licence puts Leitrim ‘under siege’

Irish Times

18 Oct 2021

Tropical wetlands reduce storm impacts and save thousands of lives and $600bn each year, study...

Guardian

18 Oct 2021

‘Get used to using the washing machine less, and watch the immersion’ – carbon budgets...

Irish Independent

18 Oct 2021

Royals weigh in on green issues ahead of Cop26 climate conference

Guardian

18 Oct 2021

Diplomats in last-ditch effort to bring world leaders to Cop26 table

Guardian

18 Oct 2021

Inside Insulate Britain: on the road with the disruptive climate protesters

Guardian

18 Oct 2021

Treasury leak reveals rift between Johnson and Sunak over costs of zero-carbon economy

Guardian

18 Oct 2021

Factory farms of disease: how industrial chicken production is breeding the next pandemic

Guardian

18 Oct 2021

‘It’s not as carbon-hungry’: UK’s largest sunlit vertical farm begins harvest

Guardian

18 Oct 2021

Cop26 corporate sponsors condemn climate summit as ‘mismanaged’

Guardian

18 Oct 2021

Tuesday October 12th, 2021

Cutting methane emissions most impactful way to limit climate change

Irish Times

12 Oct 2021

Rooftop solar could power the world, finds Irish-led study

Irish Independent

12 Oct 2021

Burning of fossil fuels is ‘killing us’ and climate change is biggest single health threat...

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

Halt destruction of nature or risk ‘dead planet’, leading businesses warn

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

Greta Thunberg: I’m open to meeting Biden at Cop26 but don’t expect much

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

Train or plane? The climate crisis is forcing us to rethink all long-distance travel –...

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

Chris Packham asks royal family to commit to rewilding estates

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

Nearly half of Britain’s biodiversity has gone since industrial revolution

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

World leaders urged to consider health benefits of climate action

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

‘Overwhelming’ backing for strong climate action, UK study shows

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

Cop26: world poised for big leap forward on climate crisis, says John Kerry

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

‘This is a story that needs to be told’: BBC film tackles Climategate scandal

Guardian

12 Oct 2021

Monday October 4th, 2021

Heatwaves, sewage, pesticides: why England’s rivers need a ‘new deal’ to avert crisis

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

Queen calls on Scottish parliament to tackle climate change

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

‘Rogue’ paddleboarders and kayakers threaten seabird sanctuary

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

10 great city projects for nature – from vertical forests to a ‘gangsta garden’

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

Patel pledges six months in prison or big fines for motorway protesters

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

Tax flights and ditch gas boilers: ‘blue wall’ voters back green policy

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

Fuel crisis and supply shortages are a product of the UK’s economic model

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

Queensland police refuse to remove traditional owners occupying Adani’s coalmine site

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

Swedish fuel retailers required to display eco-labels at pumps

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

Vast area of Atlantic to be protected in effort to conserve seabird species

Irish Times

4 Oct 2021

Fossil fuel subsidies worth €2bn must be phased out – Environmental Pillar

Irish Times

4 Oct 2021

Delay to report on peat alternatives in Ireland ‘very concerning’

Irish Independent

4 Oct 2021

Online data use pollutes the same as plastics and oil, academic warns

Irish Independent

4 Oct 2021

Surging gas prices and fuel bills focus Tory minds on the nuclear option

Guardian

4 Oct 2021

Monday September 27th, 2021

The transformation of Greta Thunberg: Words: Simon Hattenstone, Portraits: Marcus Ohlsson

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Children set for more climate disasters than their grandparents, research shows

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Climate crisis: do we need millions of machines sucking CO2 from the air? Direct Air...

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Global climate strike: thousands join coordinated action across world

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Sustainable is the new black: top editors launch new-wave fashion titles

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Minister denies crisis in peat harvesting sector is product of ‘green agenda’

Irish Times

27 Sep 2021

The Guardian view on low-emission zones: the UK must clean up its act – editorial

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Weather factor feeding into skyrocketing gas prices Europe awakens to cold reality of what happens...

Irish Times

27 Sep 2021

Cop26: Women must be heard on climate, say rights groups

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Climate funding target for poorer countries ‘likely to be met’ by 2022

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

‘Low-hanging fruit’: Insulate Britain’s message makes sense, say experts

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Campaign urges Londoners to take over parking spaces for a day

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Vast area of Scottish Highlands to be rewilded in ambitious 30-year project

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Boris Johnson’s climate speech annotated: what he said and what he meant

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

The Secret Negotiator: Cop26 must leave the old diplomacy behind

Guardian

27 Sep 2021

Irish Water pleads guilty to contaminating the habitat of endangered mussel species of in a...

Irish Independent

27 Sep 2021

Monday September 20th, 2021

Cycling, walking projects get bulk of transport spending in 2021

Irish Times

20 Sep 2021

Farming practices and climate change affecting Irish river water quality

Irish Times

20 Sep 2021

Electric car grants, tax breaks to be reviewed as cost to State of continuing supports...

Irish Independent

20 Sep 2021

UN calls for urgent action as climate emissions bounce back after pandemic

Irish Independent

20 Sep 2021

At least 52 residents fall ill after ‘abject failures’ at two drinking water treatment plants

Irish Independent

20 Sep 2021

Rules on GM farming and cars to be top of UK bonfire of EU laws

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Environmentalists warn of close ties between oil and gas sector and UK’s North Sea regulator

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Watchdog must do more to protect boy, 5, from landfill fumes, court rules

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

UK carbon dioxide shortage could force farmers to cull pigs

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Deep impact: the underwater photographers bringing the ocean’s silent struggle to life

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

California wildfires reach edge of sequoia grove containing world’s largest tree

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Nicola Jennings on Boris Johnson and Cop26 – cartoon

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Rich countries not providing poor with pledged climate finance, analysis says

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Electric vehicles divide opinion as car-loving Germany goes to polls

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Outcry over National Trust plan to fence off acres of Wiltshire park for tenant

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Ark on Scottish hillside attracts rising tide of interest

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Johnson defends trade secretary after climate crisis denial tweets : PM admits he used to...

Guardian

20 Sep 2021

Monday September 13th, 2021

Netherlands proposes radical plans to cut livestock numbers by almost a third

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

Ryan reveals timeline for first ‘carbon budget’ and revised climate plan

Irish Times

13 Sep 2021

Most recyclable plastic going to incineration – and rate is growing annually

Irish Independent

13 Sep 2021

UK ministers ‘met fossil fuel firms nine times as often as clean energy ones’

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

Harvard University will divest its $42bn endowment from all fossil fuels

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

Ministers ‘to ditch overhaul of planning laws’ after criticism

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

New Thames tunnel will make London pollution worse, warn climate activists

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

For peat’s sake: the race is on to save Britain’s disappearing moorland bogs

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

Murders of environment and land defenders hit record high

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

Government failing to stop sewage discharge into English rivers, says charity

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

Cows ‘potty-trained’ in experiment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from food production, study finds

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

Spain wildfire: almost 1,000 emergency workers fighting blaze

Guardian

13 Sep 2021

Tuesday September 7th, 2021

20 meat and dairy firms emit more greenhouse gas than Germany, Britain or France

Guardian

7 Sep 2021

Electricity network constraints may keep worsening for years

Irish Times

7 Sep 2021

Wind turbines will spoil historic Kilkenny views, objectors say

Irish Independent

7 Sep 2021

Probe into ‘serious’ fish kill as hundreds of salmon and trout wiped out on Glore...

Irish Independent

7 Sep 2021

Climate crisis likely creating extreme winter weather events, says report

Guardian

7 Sep 2021

Australia warned climate crisis will ‘wreak havoc’ on economy if coal isn’t phased out

Guardian

7 Sep 2021

Hurricane Ida: divers find broken pipeline in search for source of Gulf oil spill

Guardian

7 Sep 2021

New Zealand records its warmest ever winter with average temperature of 9.8C

Guardian

7 Sep 2021

The six problems aviation must fix to hit net zero

Guardian

7 Sep 2021

The millionaire rewilding the countryside, one farm at a time

Guardian

7 Sep 2021

More than 200 health journals call for urgent action on climate crisis

Guardian

7 Sep 2021

Climate impact of a transatlantic flight could cost global economy $3,000

Guardian

7 Sep 2021

Household recycling upgrade accepts soft plastics

Irish Times

7 Sep 2021

Monday August 30th, 2021

Extinction Rebellion targets City of London in ‘blood money’ protest

Guardian

30 Aug 2021

Construction begins on €139m wastewater treatment plant in Arklow

Irish Times

30 Aug 2021

Crab phenomenon captured on camera just off Cornwall beach

Irish Independent

30 Aug 2021

Penguin Classics launches ‘new canon’ of environmental literature

Guardian

30 Aug 2021

What will our eco-friendly homes of the future look like?

Guardian

30 Aug 2021

Brussels battles old prejudices as it frees unloved river from its vault

Guardian

30 Aug 2021

Air pollution linked to more severe mental illness – study

Guardian

30 Aug 2021

Single-use plastic plates and cutlery to be banned in England

Guardian

30 Aug 2021

The race to give nuclear fusion a role in the climate emergency

Guardian

30 Aug 2021

Sustainable scotch: Hebridean distillery aims for net zero whisky

Guardian

30 Aug 2021

Over-50s want climate crisis addressed ‘even if it leads to high prices’

Guardian

30 Aug 2021

Monday August 23rd, 2021

Roscommon flooding row: ‘It would be too dangerous for these families to stay’ Lough Funshinagh...

Irish Times

23 Aug 2021

A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts – Unicef

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

Oil firms made ‘false claims’ on blue hydrogen costs, says ex-lobby boss

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

Rain falls on peak of Greenland ice cap for first time on record

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits highest annual level in a decade

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

A midwestern town moved uphill to survive climate crisis. Can others do the same?

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

English cities could be given national park status under new proposals

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

Council accused of taking ‘rewilding’ too far as weeds take root in Brighton

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

Level of dog fouling at Galway city black spots falls by half due to initiative

Irish Times

23 Aug 2021

Solar power in Australia outstrips coal-fired electricity for first time

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

‘Nothing to eat’: Somalia hit by triple threat of climate crisis, Covid and conflict

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

How can Britain commit to net zero and still drill for millions more barrels of...

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

Extinction Rebellion blocks busy junction in London

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

Carbon from UK’s blue hydrogen bid still to equal 1m petrol cars

Guardian

23 Aug 2021

Wednesday August 18th, 2021

Humans ‘pushing Earth close to tipping point’, say most in G20

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

Global water crisis will intensify with climate breakdown, says report

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

Norway-born white-tailed eagle chicks released in Ireland to boost population

Irish Times

18 Aug 2021

Ireland needs climate change plan every town and city can get behind – Robinson

Irish Times

18 Aug 2021

Vast high-rise development for Galway appealed by An Taisce

Irish Times

18 Aug 2021

Microplastics found in 90% of protected Irish marine environments – study

Irish Times

18 Aug 2021

Why feeding cows on a little daily seaweed could save the earth

Irish Independent

18 Aug 2021

Germany ‘set for biggest rise in greenhouse gases for 30 years’

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

UK Government reveals plans for £4bn hydrogen investment by 2030

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s oily politics: not-so-slick green policies: Editorial

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

CFA-led study shows climate change causing longer bushfire season

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

This town is the first in America to ban new gas stations – is the...

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

Swedish mountain shrinks by two metres in a year as glacier melts

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

Retrofitting: why carbon-reducing renovations are going to be big business

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

Plantwatch: a climate solution is hidden in the hedgerows

Guardian

18 Aug 2021

Monday August 9th, 2021

Major climate changes now inevitable and irreversible, stark UN report says

Irish Times

9 Aug 2021

Critics say new 10-year food plan lacks detail, ambition and funding

Irish Independent

9 Aug 2021

Gulf Stream collapse warning would bring storms and cold to Ireland amid worldwide climate chaos

Irish Independent

9 Aug 2021

Explainer: 10 questions you may have about today’s major UN global climate report

Irish Independent

9 Aug 2021

IPCC Report: Worst polluting countries must make drastic carbon cuts, says Cop26 chief

Guardian

9 Aug 2021

Boris Johnson accused of climate crisis complacency after IPCC report

Guardian

9 Aug 2021

‘Nobody is safe’: UN warns climate crisis poses immediate threat – video

Guardian

9 Aug 2021

Smoke from Siberia wildfires reaches north pole in historic first

Guardian

9 Aug 2021

UK to relax Covid-19 restrictions for Cop26 climate conference

Guardian

9 Aug 2021

The California tourist town, Menocino, that’s running out of water: ‘It’s a shock’

Guardian

9 Aug 2021

Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn

Guardian

9 Aug 2021

‘People think you’re an idiot’: death metal Irish baron rewilds his estate

Guardian

9 Aug 2021

Monday July 26th, 2021

Concerns over plans for Dublin’s tallest apartment block

Irish Times

26 Jul 2021

Failure to convene citizens’ assembly on biodiversity criticised

Irish Times

26 Jul 2021

Trial to spot bumps on the way to legalising use of e-scooters in public

Irish Independent

26 Jul 2021

Irish Water urged to make data centres retrofit technology to reduce their usage and preserve...

Irish Independent

26 Jul 2021

COP26 will be most important summit ever, but the UK’s leadership is already falling short

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

Beware summer! As climate crisis deepens, attitudes to season shift

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

Outrage as Italy faces multimillion pound damages to UK oil firm

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

Foreign journalists harassed in China over floods coverage

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

Should rivers have the same rights as people?

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

The cost of cooling: how air conditioning is heating up the world

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

The Observer view on the urgency of tackling climate change: Observer editorial

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

The truth behind corporate climate pledges

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

Yep, it’s bleak, says expert who tested 1970s end-of-the-world prediction

Guardian

26 Jul 2021

Monday July 19th, 2021

Irish Times view on the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ climate change proposals

Irish Times

19 Jul 2021

Intensive agriculture blamed for high nitrogen levels in south eastern rivers

Irish Independent

19 Jul 2021

Bord na Móna to create 1,435 jobs as it sharpens focus on climate targets

Irish Independent

19 Jul 2021

Food strategy for England calls for big cut in meat consumption

Guardian

19 Jul 2021

Regulate business to tackle climate crisis, urges Mark Carney

Guardian

19 Jul 2021

‘Sustainable isn’t a thing’: why regenerative agriculture is food’s latest buzzword

Guardian

19 Jul 2021

Doctors issue official guidance on effects of air pollution and bushfire smoke on pregnant people

Guardian

19 Jul 2021

Green transport can only succeed with a greener grid

Guardian

19 Jul 2021

The Amazon is now a net carbon producer, but there’s still time to reverse the...

Guardian

19 Jul 2021

Politicians from across world call for ‘global green deal’ to tackle climate crisis

Guardian

19 Jul 2021

How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action

Guardian

19 Jul 2021

Tuesday July 13th, 2021

Minister introduces Climate Bill amendment for clarity on agriculture ‘carbon removals’

Irish Times

13 Jul 2021

Clampdown on quad bikes and regulation of e-scooters among reforms of traffic laws

Irish Independent

13 Jul 2021

Renting clothes is ‘less green than throwing them away’

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

UK’s climate targets will cost less than battling Covid, says OBR, if action climate taken...

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria and dengue’

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Harrods to launch fashion rental service at Knightsbridge store

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Australian government must protect young people from climate crisis harm, court declares

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

‘Heat dome’ probably killed 1bn marine animals on Canada coast, experts say

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Global wind and solar power capacity grew at record rate in 2020

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Australian government to appeal ruling that it must protect children from climate harm

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Giant pandas no longer endangered in the wild, China announces

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Fukushima to ban Olympic spectators as Covid cases rise

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Water industry in England failing on raw sewage pollution, Environment Agency finds

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Rising oil price may speed shift to electric vehicles, says energy watchdog

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

UN sets out Paris-style plan to cut extinction rate by factor of 10

Guardian

13 Jul 2021

Monday July 5th, 2021

You don’t have to look far to explain the heatwave – it’s climate change

Irish Times

5 Jul 2021

Ireland set for ‘biggest marine governance reform in a century’

Irish Times

5 Jul 2021

ExxonMobil lobbyists filmed saying oil giant’s support for carbon tax a PR ploy

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Europe’s first kosher ecohotel opens in Kent

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

French court orders government to act on climate in next nine months

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Corporate studies asserting herbicide safety show many flaws, new analysis finds

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Only batteries have the power to save British carmaking

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Biodiversity loss is a risk to the global financial system

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Call for global treaty to end production of ‘virgin’ plastic by 2040

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Nowhere is safe, say scientists as extreme heat causes chaos in US and Canada

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Is it time to begin rewilding the seas?

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored)

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Small majority believe there is still time to avert climate disaster – survey

Guardian

5 Jul 2021

Monday June 28th, 2021

‘Act of ecocide’ on hedge evidence of need for more conservation rangers

Irish Times

28 Jun 2021

Greenhouse gas cuts will hit less than half of target on our current plan, warns...

Irish Independent

28 Jun 2021

Plan for one million electric cars by 2030 ‘neither achievable nor desirable’ – Green TD

Irish Independent

28 Jun 2021

Dear Farmer, we’re on your side: climate activists go to bat for farming

Irish Independent

28 Jun 2021

Appeal for restricted water use to avoid strain on supplies

Irish Independent

28 Jun 2021

IPCC steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft report

Guardian

28 Jun 2021

How America’s treeless streets are fueling inequality

Guardian

28 Jun 2021

Farmers swap crops for energy as east of England solar farm proposals double

Guardian

28 Jun 2021

Top insurers join Prince Charles to fight climate crisis

Guardian

28 Jun 2021

A feather in their cap: RSPB’s victory that saved millions of birds

Guardian

28 Jun 2021

The Guardian view on getting to net zero: the crunch is coming – Editorial

Guardian

28 Jun 2021

Oil and gas donors gave over £400k to Tories before North Sea decision

Guardian

28 Jun 2021

‘The water is coming’: Florida Keys faces stark reality as seas rise

Guardian

28 Jun 2021

Yellowstone: report reveals extent of climate threat to oldest US national park

Guardian

28 Jun 2021

Tuesday June 8th, 2021

Report urges review of future road projects in bid to halve emissions

Irish Independent

8 Jun 2021

Italian climate activists sue government over inaction

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

Share vaccines or climate deal will fail, rich countries are told

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

Pressure on UK as Germany backs ending free carbon permits for airlines

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

Turning off building lights at night cuts bird collisions, study shows

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

World’s soils ‘under great pressure’, says UN pollution report

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

We are running out of time to reach deal to save natural world, says UN...

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

Wealthy nations breaking climate pledge with gas dash in global south

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

It’s time to nationalize Shell. Private oil companies are no longer fit for purpose

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

Climate crisis to shrink G7 economies twice as much as Covid-19, says research

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

Arctic sea ice thinning twice as fast as thought, study finds

Guardian

8 Jun 2021

Monday May 31st, 2021

Ireland no longer a climate laggard, says Paris Agreement architect

Irish Times

31 May 2021

Ireland’s trees in leaf earlier and longer suggest change in seasonal patterns

Irish Independent

31 May 2021

Bus Eireann to switch to electric and hydrogen in emissions cut drive

Irish Independent

31 May 2021

Ministers accused of hypocrisy over ‘toothless’ environment bill

Guardian

31 May 2021

Miami’s chief heat officer calls for action on ‘silent killer’ in climate crisis

Guardian

31 May 2021

Four-day working week would slash UK carbon footprint, report says

Guardian

31 May 2021

Outrage and delight as France ditches reliance on meat in climate bill

Guardian

31 May 2021

Retrofitting leaky homes would cost £5bn over next four years, UK ministers told

Guardian

31 May 2021

Birmingham launches England’s first clean air zone outside London

Guardian

31 May 2021

Johan Rockström: ‘We need bankers as well as activists… we have 10 years to cut...

Guardian

31 May 2021

Hair waste from salons recycled to mop up oil spills on sea shores

Guardian

31 May 2021

‘It’s like a rocket ship’: videos show coalminers behind the wheel of an electric car

Guardian

31 May 2021

Heatwave deaths set to soar as UK summers become hotter

Guardian

31 May 2021

Rapid heating of Indian Ocean worsening cyclones, say scientists

Guardian

31 May 2021

Power firms warn time is short for green energy plan

Irish Independent

31 May 2021

Monday May 17th, 2021

Luggala peatlands to undergo restoration to support carbon capture and biodiversity

Irish Times

17 May 2021

Crying about hamburgers is dead-end on climate crisis, Republicans warned

Guardian

17 May 2021

How we talk about the climate crisis is increasingly crucial to tackling it

Guardian

17 May 2021

Third of global food production at risk from climate crisis

Guardian

17 May 2021

Half of emissions cuts will come from future tech, says John Kerry

Guardian

17 May 2021

Critics of UK low-traffic schemes told that 25,000 filters already existed

Guardian

17 May 2021

UK plastics sent for recycling in Turkey dumped and burned, Greenpeace finds

Guardian

17 May 2021

‘Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese harbour

Guardian

17 May 2021

Monday May 10th, 2021

Ireland needs water charges to meet environmental targets, OECD warns

Irish Times

10 May 2021

An Taisce accuses agriculture sector of ‘flawed’ climate position on carbon leakage

Irish Times

10 May 2021

Insufficient recycling of rare metals could hinder climate efforts, experts warn

Guardian

10 May 2021

Global heating pace risks ‘unstoppable’ sea level rise as Antarctic ice sheet melts

Guardian

10 May 2021

Cutting methane emissions is quickest way to slow global heating – UN report

Guardian

10 May 2021

EU court upholds ban on insecticides linked to harming bees

Guardian

10 May 2021

Damian Carrington: How to spot the difference between a real climate policy and greenwashing guff

Guardian

10 May 2021

Using hydrogen fuel risks locking in reliance on fossil fuels, researchers warn

Guardian

10 May 2021

Fireplaces and stoves are bigger polluters than traffic

Guardian

10 May 2021

Electric car insurance in UK ‘is £45 less than for petrol or diesel vehicle’

Guardian

10 May 2021

Liechtenstein prince accused of shooting Romania’s largest bear

Guardian

10 May 2021

Airlines must reduce emissions instead of offsetting, say experts

Guardian

10 May 2021

Dublin city centre pedestrian scheme to start this month

Irish Times

10 May 2021

Germany to bring forward climate goals after constitutional court ruling

Guardian

10 May 2021

Parched Taiwan prays for rain as Sun Moon Lake is hit by drought

Guardian

10 May 2021

Monday May 3rd, 2021

Alternative food strategy sets out how to cut agricultural emissions

Irish Times

3 May 2021

Ryanair and Trinity to explore flying planes on alcohol and plant-based fuel

Irish Independent

3 May 2021

End of an era: closure of nuclear plant is pointer for New York’s energy future

Guardian

3 May 2021

High street shops in England and Wales repurposed as climate emergency centres

Guardian

3 May 2021

EPA moves to restrict powerful planet-heating gases in air conditioners and fridges

Guardian

3 May 2021

Glacial lakes threaten millions with flooding as planet heats up

Guardian

3 May 2021

Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it absorbed over past 10 years

Guardian

3 May 2021

‘It’s like a rotting carcass of its former self’: funeral for an Oregon glacier

Guardian

3 May 2021

Receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear

Guardian

3 May 2021

Air pollution spikes may impair older men’s thinking, study finds

Guardian

3 May 2021

Monday April 26th, 2021

Low methane target will force demanding cuts on emissions elsewhere, expert warns

Irish Times

26 Apr 2021

Green – or envious? The winners and losers in Britain’s climate change plan

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

Jury acquits Extinction Rebellion protesters despite ‘no defence in law’

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

Climate crisis has shifted the Earth’s axis, study shows

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

Which country has made the biggest climate commitment?

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

Changes to giant ocean eddies could have ‘devastating effects’ globally

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

Australian super funds to vote against company directors not tackling climate crisis

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

UK replaces France as Europe’s second largest electric car market

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

‘Insanely cheap energy’: how solar power continues to shock the world

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

Wealthy nations ‘failing to help developing world tackle climate crisis’

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

California takes steps to ban fracking by 2024 and will halt oil extraction by 2045

Guardian

26 Apr 2021

‘Nature just wants us to give it some space’ – family launch Ireland’s first wild...

Irish Independent

26 Apr 2021

Low methane target will force demanding cuts on emissions elsewhere, expert warns

Irish Times

26 Apr 2021

Firefighters battle blaze in Killarney National Park for a third night

Irish Times

26 Apr 2021

Tuesday April 20th, 2021

Further expansion of agrifood sector backed despite climate change challenges

Irish Times

20 Apr 2021

Leading experts warn landmark Climate Bill has fundamental flaw

Irish Times

20 Apr 2021

Sewage island: how Britain spews its waste into the sea

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

A great deception’: oil giants taken to task over ‘greenwash’ ads

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

So what has the rest of the world promised to do about climate change? NDCs...

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

Vodka, toothpaste, yoga mats … the new technology making items out of thin air

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

Hedgerow highway will keep dormice thriving in the Yorkshire Dales

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

Whitest-ever paint could help cool heating Earth, study shows

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

‘Relentless’ climate crisis intensified in 2020, says UN report

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

Green stimulus plan could create 1.2m UK jobs in two years, research finds

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

Ignore the rhetoric: the UK government still fails to grasp the climate crisis Chris Venables

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

Germany’s surging Greens step up election race to succeed Merkel

Guardian

20 Apr 2021

€10m programme to train Irish businesses green skills to tackle climate change

Irish Independent

20 Apr 2021

Monday April 5th, 2021

Farmers in smart farming project identified 9% cut in carbon emissions

Irish Times

5 Apr 2021

10,000 tonnes of material put out by public for recycling is burned in Northern Ireland

Belfast Telegraph

5 Apr 2021

Anti-car dogma must not dominate reality of transport planning

Irish Independent

5 Apr 2021

Destruction of world’s forests increased sharply in 2020

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

Rapid global heating is hurting farm productivity, study finds

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

Toxic impact of pesticides on bees has doubled, study shows

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

Climate-concerned gardeners demand UK ban on peat compost

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

Activists hail Massachusetts law as crucial step on environmental justice

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

‘Every choice matters’: can we cling to hope of avoiding 1.5C heating?

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

Florida faces ‘imminent’ pollution catastrophe from phosphate mine pond

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

Bill Gates is the biggest private owner of farmland in the United States. Why?

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

Rewilding our cities: beauty, biodiversity and the biophilic cities movement

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

Extinction Rebellion to step up campaign against banking system

Guardian

5 Apr 2021

Tuesday March 30th, 2021

Only 25 of State’s 6,000-strong fleet of vehicles electrically-powered

Irish Times

30 Mar 2021

Concern for agri-food as NI tables Climate Change Bill

Belfast Telegraph

30 Mar 2021

Climate goals to be legally binding as revised bill is published

Irish Independent

30 Mar 2021

Climate Action Bill more about seeing the light than lightning-fast changes

Irish Independent

30 Mar 2021

Ireland can be model for green data centres

Irish Independent

30 Mar 2021

UK ‘flying blind’ on levels of toxic chemicals in tap water

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

Indigenous peoples by far the best guardians of forests – UN report

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

Diversify or risk unrest, oil producers warned in report

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

Fears climate crisis could increase allergy season severity by up to 60%

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

Renewables plus batteries offer Australia the same energy security as coal, research finds

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

White House moves toward approving huge windfarm off east coast

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

Climate crisis ‘likely cause’ of early cherry blossom in Japan

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

Environment minister pledges laws to cut dumping of sewage in English rivers

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

Average westerner’s eating habits lead to loss of four trees every year

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

Roaring success of Scottish windfarm shows global potential

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

UK criticised for ignoring Paris climate goals in infrastructure decisions

Guardian

30 Mar 2021

Monday March 22nd, 2021

Campaigners win court battle over Ringaskiddy incinerator

Irish Independent

22 Mar 2021

Plastic particles pass from mothers into foetuses, rat study shows

Guardian

22 Mar 2021

Summers could last for half the year by 2100

Guardian

22 Mar 2021

Millions sign up to anti-food-waste apps to share their unused produce

Guardian

22 Mar 2021

UK slashes grants for electric car buyers while retaining petrol vehicle support

Guardian

22 Mar 2021

Climate fight ‘is undermined by social media’s toxic reports’

Guardian

22 Mar 2021

The citizen regulators taking on big polluters when the EPA won’t

Guardian

22 Mar 2021

UK nature projects to be celebrated on World Rewilding Day

Guardian

22 Mar 2021

Pesticide levels in public drinking water supplies breached regulations 81 times last year

Irish Independent

22 Mar 2021

UK’s Cop26 president calls for world to get on track to hit net zero by...

Guardian

22 Mar 2021

Dublin initiative seeks to scale up ambition at critical COP26 summit

Irish Times

22 Mar 2021

Swapping Irish beef meatballs for plant alternatives cuts emissions by up to 90pc, study finds

Irish Independent

22 Mar 2021

UK government’s green homes grant in urgent need of rescue, MPs say

Guardian

22 Mar 2021

Tuesday March 16th, 2021

Climate committee warned of €10 billion cost tied into EV strategy for 2030

Irish Times

16 Mar 2021

Illegal hedgerow cutting to be met with ‘zero tolerance’ approach

Irish Times

16 Mar 2021

Stronger action needed as our water quality continues to decline – EPA

Irish Independent

16 Mar 2021

Road pollution affects 94% of Great Britain, study finds

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Green jobs in Cumbria could far surpass posts in coalmine, report says

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Green health: a tree-filled street can positively influence depression, study finds

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Philadelphia calls for ‘lights out’ after skyscrapers cause hundreds of bird deaths

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Don’t believe hydrogen and nuclear hype – they can’t get us to net zero carbon...

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Natural but deadly: huge gaps in US rules for wood-stove smoke exposed

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Beijing skies turn orange as sandstorm and pollution send readings off the scale

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Climate crisis: recent European droughts ‘worst in 2,000 years’

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Renewable energy growth must speed up to meet Paris goals, agency says

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Ministers watering down green pledges post-Brexit, study finds

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Good vibrations: bladeless turbines could bring wind power to your home

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Fish detectives: the sleuths using ‘e-DNA’ to fight seafood fraud

Guardian

16 Mar 2021

Monday March 8th, 2021

Sea level rises far greater for coastal communities, scientists find

Irish Times

8 Mar 2021

Eirgrid €2bn infrastructure plan ‘the most radical transformation since electricity was invented’

Irish Independent

8 Mar 2021

UK has broken air pollution limits for a decade, EU court finds

Guardian

8 Mar 2021

China’s five-year plan could push emissions higher unless action is taken

Guardian

8 Mar 2021

California’s wildfire smoke could be more harmful than vehicle emissions, study says

Guardian

8 Mar 2021

Swooping, soaring, murmurating: why the skies are full of starlings

Guardian

8 Mar 2021

Covid data show sewage monitoring could be vital in infection control

Guardian

8 Mar 2021

Land could be worth more left to nature than when farmed, study finds

Guardian

8 Mar 2021

Great apes given Covid vaccines after outbreak at San Diego zoo

Guardian

8 Mar 2021

Cows might fly: Ireland to jet calves to Europe to cut travel time

Guardian

8 Mar 2021

Global heating pushes tropical regions towards limits of human livability

Guardian

8 Mar 2021

Monday March 1st, 2021

Reducing State’s emissions by half over next 10 years ‘feasible’

Irish Times

1 Mar 2021

Traffic drives greenhouse gas emissions seven times faster in Ireland than in the rest of...

Irish Independent

1 Mar 2021

SUVs and extra traffic cancelling out electric car gains in Britain

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

Green homes grant will meet only tiny fraction of target in England

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

‘Strange pale penguin’: rare yellow and white bird discovered among king penguins in Atlantic

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

‘Blossom circles’ to bloom across England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

Miami Beach to cut back on famous palm trees over climate concerns

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

Denmark’s climate policies ‘insufficient’ to meet 2030 emissions target

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

‘A duty of care’: Australian teenagers take their climate crisis plea to court

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest in a millennium, say scientists

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

Electricity needed to mine bitcoin is more than used by ‘entire countries’

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

Fossil fuel cars make ‘hundreds of times’ more waste than electric cars

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

A third of top UK firms’ CO2 emissions not in line with global climate goals

Guardian

1 Mar 2021

Monday February 22nd, 2021

Keep funding green homes to meet emissions target, say businesses

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

Central Bank to seek proof of climate action from financial firms

Irish Independent

22 Feb 2021

Dublin to Donegal: climate action project to encourage community input

Irish Times

22 Feb 2021

National action plan fails to halt ‘disturbing’ wildlife loss

Irish Independent

22 Feb 2021

Air pollution significantly raises risk of infertility, study finds

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

River Action targets agri-businesses in campaign to stop pollution

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

Australians fear climate change more than catching Covid, survey shows

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

Texas freeze shows a chilling truth – how the rich use climate change to divide...

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

Manchester council loses legal fight to build car park next to school

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

Electric busmaker Arrival schedules first UK road trial

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

Call to tax international flights to raise climate funds for poor countries

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

Very few of world’s rivers undamaged by humanity, study finds

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

‘It’s cultural genocide’: inside the fight to stop a pipeline on tribal lands

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

US makes official return to Paris climate pact

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

How fires have spread to previously untouched parts of the world

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

‘Absolutely ridiculous’: top scientist slams UK government over coalmine

Guardian

22 Feb 2021

Monday February 15th, 2021

Government announces major review of National Parks & Wildlife Service

Irish Times

15 Feb 2021

More than €240m allocated for cycle and walking routes

Irish Times

15 Feb 2021

Energy expert to chair next Climate Change Advisory Council

Irish Independent

15 Feb 2021

Plea for closer cross-border cooperation on nature, climate

Irish Independent

15 Feb 2021

European Parliament seeks binding recycling and raw materials targets

Irish Independent

15 Feb 2021

Robinson says government must listen to climate scientists

Irish Independent

15 Feb 2021

America’s dirty divide: how environmental racism leaves the vulnerable behind

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

At least 331 human rights defenders were murdered in 2020, report finds

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

UK government’s own climate laws may halt roadbuilding plans

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

UK landfill tax seems to have incentivised fly-tipping, says watchdog

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

Global green recovery plans fail to match 2008 stimulus, report shows

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

Revealed: no penalties issued under ‘useless’ English farm pollution laws

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

Drones used by police to monitor political protests in England

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

Risk of global food shortages due to Covid has increased, says UN envoy

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

Digging in: a million trees planted as villages and schools join climate battle

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

Bill Gates: ‘Carbon neutrality in a decade is a fairytale. Why peddle fantasies?’

Guardian

15 Feb 2021

Monday February 8th, 2021

How Sweden is taking back parking spaces to improve urban living

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Human activity forces animals to move further to survive, study finds

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Blue whales threatened by ship collisions in busy Patagonia waters

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Planned coalmine would create ‘more emissions than any other in UK’

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Dizzying pace of Biden’s climate action sounds death knell for era of denialism

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Extraordinary voyage: on the trail of the trillion-tonne runaway iceberg

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Mysterious California sea lion deaths linked to toxic synthetic chemicals

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

World needs to kick its coal habit to start green recovery, says IEA head

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

The Guardian view on climate progress: the need for speed

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Controversy over new regulations to protect English peatland

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Climate crisis: world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years – study

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

UN global climate poll: ‘The people’s voice is clear – they want action’

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Irish renewable energy firm Amarenco will have its first Irish solar farms built by summer,...

Irish Independent

8 Feb 2021

Pandemic restrictions fuelled drop in carbon emissions

Irish Independent

8 Feb 2021

Climate council concerned after minister fails to produce carbon progress report

Irish Independent

8 Feb 2021

Absence of water charges ‘a rarity’, says World Water Council chief

Irish Times

8 Feb 2021

General Motors announces plan for all-electric lineup by 2035

Guardian

8 Feb 2021

Monday January 25th, 2021

Global ice loss accelerating at record rate, study finds

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

West coast islands to join forces to generate offshore wind energy

Irish Times

25 Jan 2021

Galway turf cutters turn environmental protectors in bid to preserve bogs

Irish Times

25 Jan 2021

Saxon church prays for deliverance from nuclear plant Community says boom in renewable energy means...

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

Warning over mental health effects of floods in the UK

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

How creating wildlife crossings can help reindeer, bears – and even crabs

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

Electric vehicles close to ‘tipping point’ of mass adoption

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

Jair Bolsonaro could face charges in The Hague over Amazon rainforest

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

UN warns most will live downstream of ageing large dams by 2050

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

Cross-channel power link for 1m British homes opens

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

A million young people urge governments to prioritise climate crisis

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

Small but mighty, Pacific states have led the charge for banning nuclear weapons Emily Defina

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

Legal bid to stop UK building Europe’s biggest gas power plant fails

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

Wildfires having devastating effect on air quality in western US, study finds

Guardian

25 Jan 2021

Rubbish ideas wanted as Dublin City Council seeks to sack plastic bin bags

Irish Independent

25 Jan 2021

ESB faces probe over link to controversial coal mine

Irish Independent

25 Jan 2021

Monday January 18th, 2021

Review finds Climate Council ‘reactive’ and too sensitive to government views

Irish Independent

18 Jan 2021

Harm done by environmental inequality set to be key legal battleground

Irish Independent

18 Jan 2021

New scheme to let homes sell solar power to national grid by summer

Irish Independent

18 Jan 2021

Climate crisis: record ocean heat in 2020 supercharged extreme weather

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Why are ocean warming records so important?

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Countries adapting too slowly to climate breakdown, UN warns

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

NGOs seek to convict French state of failing to tackle climate crisis

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Pope’s adviser says Covid has highlighted ‘existential’ climate risk

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Country diary: snowfall creates a mini monochrome world in the woods

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

NGOs demand action not promises as EU accused of ‘failing to protect seas’

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Celebrity power undermining global conservation efforts, scientists warn

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Air pollution will lead to mass migration, say experts after landmark ruling

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Biden to cancel $9bn Keystone XL pipeline’s permit, says source

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Sámi reindeer herders file lawsuit against Norway windfarm

Guardian

18 Jan 2021

Monday January 11th, 2021

Ireland’s climate: A year of extremes, from wettest February to driest spring

Irish Times

11 Jan 2021

Government breaks promise to maintain ban on bee-harming pesticide

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

Alok Sharma to work full-time on Cop26 climate conference preparation

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

Norway’s electric car drive belies national reliance on fossil fuels

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

22 disasters, 262 dead, $95bn in damages: US saw record year for climate-driven catastrophes

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

Last decade hottest on record for Australia with temperature almost 1C above average

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

Developing economies need a fairer way to help them decarbonise

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

Global heating could stabilize if net zero emissions achieved, scientists say

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

Trump auction of oil leases in Arctic refuge attracts barely any bidders

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

Climate crisis will cause falling humidity in global cities – study

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

Families live in constant cold as energy poverty forces heat rationing

Irish Independent

11 Jan 2021

Prince Charles urges businesses to sign Terra Carta pledge to put planet first

Guardian

11 Jan 2021

Monday January 4th, 2021

Ireland’s climate: A year of extremes, from wettest February to driest spring

Irish Times

4 Jan 2021

EPA considers legal action over damage from Donegal wind farm landslide

Irish Independent

4 Jan 2021

Floods, storms and searing heat: 2020 in extreme weather

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

Land subsidence ‘will affect almost fifth of global population’

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

Avoid using wood burning stoves if possible, warn health experts

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

A moo-ving target: fenceless grazing widens possibilities for cows and wildlife

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

UK carmakers have three years to source local electric car batteries

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

A wing and a prayer: how birds are coping with the climate crisis

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

Dogger Bank’s giant turbines herald a wind of change in UK industry

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

Pollutionwatch: fine particles affect lungs of those near airports

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

‘It’s awakened me’: UK climate assembly participants hail a life-changing event

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

Indigenous environmental defender killed in latest Honduras attack

Guardian

4 Jan 2021

Plan to recruit citizens to new wildlife Conservation Corps

Irish Independent

4 Jan 2021

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