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Tuesday March 30th, 2021
Climate Action Bill more about seeing the light than lightning-fast changes
Irish Independent
30 Mar 2021Renewables plus batteries offer Australia the same energy security as coal, research finds
Guardian
30 Mar 2021Environment minister pledges laws to cut dumping of sewage in English rivers
Guardian
30 Mar 2021UK criticised for ignoring Paris climate goals in infrastructure decisions
Guardian
30 Mar 2021Monday March 22nd, 2021
UK slashes grants for electric car buyers while retaining petrol vehicle support
Guardian
22 Mar 2021Pesticide levels in public drinking water supplies breached regulations 81 times last year
Irish Independent
22 Mar 2021UK’s Cop26 president calls for world to get on track to hit net zero by...
Guardian
22 Mar 2021Swapping Irish beef meatballs for plant alternatives cuts emissions by up to 90pc, study finds
Irish Independent
22 Mar 2021Tuesday March 16th, 2021
Climate committee warned of €10 billion cost tied into EV strategy for 2030
Irish Times
16 Mar 2021Stronger action needed as our water quality continues to decline – EPA
Irish Independent
16 Mar 2021Green health: a tree-filled street can positively influence depression, study finds
Guardian
16 Mar 2021Philadelphia calls for ‘lights out’ after skyscrapers cause hundreds of bird deaths
Guardian
16 Mar 2021Don’t believe hydrogen and nuclear hype – they can’t get us to net zero carbon...
Guardian
16 Mar 2021Beijing skies turn orange as sandstorm and pollution send readings off the scale
Guardian
16 Mar 2021Monday March 8th, 2021
Eirgrid €2bn infrastructure plan ‘the most radical transformation since electricity was invented’
Irish Independent
8 Mar 2021California’s wildfire smoke could be more harmful than vehicle emissions, study says
Guardian
8 Mar 2021Monday March 1st, 2021
Traffic drives greenhouse gas emissions seven times faster in Ireland than in the rest of...
Irish Independent
1 Mar 2021‘Strange pale penguin’: rare yellow and white bird discovered among king penguins in Atlantic
Guardian
1 Mar 2021‘A duty of care’: Australian teenagers take their climate crisis plea to court
Guardian
1 Mar 2021A third of top UK firms’ CO2 emissions not in line with global climate goals
Guardian
1 Mar 2021