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Permafrost thaw places one-fifth of northern hemisphere at risk

Irish Independent

Monday January 17th, 2022

Permafrost thaw places one-fifth of northern hemisphere at risk

Irish Independent

17 Jan 2022

UK government sued over ‘pie-in-the-sky’ net-zero climate strategy

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Farmers say minimum emission cuts are the maximum they will do

Irish Independent

17 Jan 2022

This is what ‘cutting red tape’ gets you: rivers polluted without consequence – John Vidal

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Scottish government in line for near-£700m payday after windfarm auction

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Global heating linked to early birth and damage to babies’ health, scientists find

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Climate plan has only a ‘coin toss’ chance of success, experts warn

Irish Independent

17 Jan 2022

German climate minister says speed of carbon cuts needs to be trebled

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

‘Extraordinarily warm’: winter is fastest-heating season in most of US

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Campaigners warn against plan to delay Manchester clean air zone

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Could a global farmers’ assembly help cut agriculture pollution?

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Two more elephants die after eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan dump

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Dirty greenwashing: watchdog targets fashion brands over misleading claims

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

‘Another hellish day’: South America sizzles in record summer temperatures as high as 113F

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Norway blows up hydro dam to restore river health and fish stocks

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Tell motorists to help tackle London’s toxic air peaks, authorities urged

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Noises off: the battle to save our quiet places

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Toxic reaction: how to clear dangerous pollutants out of your home

Guardian

17 Jan 2022

Monday January 10th, 2022

Oslo on Lee? Five Irish cities where 15-minute living could happen now

Irish Times

10 Jan 2022

Covid-related waste adds to deteriorating levels of urban litter

Irish Times

10 Jan 2022

Swallows stayed in Ireland this winter due to mild weather caused by climate change

Irish Independent

10 Jan 2022

Dog fouling on Dublin beaches linked to majority of no-swimming notices

Irish Independent

10 Jan 2022

Carmakers report booming UK sales of electric vehicles

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

Jurors see the bigger picture: activists who were cleared in court

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

England’s farmers to be paid to rewild land

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

New heat pump could ease UK shift to low-carbon homes, say developers

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

Why the climate-wrecking craze for crypto art really is beyond satire: John Naughton

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

‘Drastic’ rise in high Arctic lightning has scientists worried

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

Global heating could lead to an increase in kidney stone disease, study finds

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

US emissions roared back last year after pandemic drop, figures show

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

‘An easy solution for our waste’: DIY worm farming hits UK homes

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

Climate crisis: last seven years the hottest on record, 2021 data shows

Guardian

10 Jan 2022

Tuesday January 4th, 2022

Sands of time are slipping away for England’s crumbling coasts amid climate crisis

Guardian

4 Jan 2022

Last-ditch effort under way to stop corncrake extinction in Britain

Guardian

4 Jan 2022

2021: a year of climate crisis in review

Guardian

4 Jan 2022

Wind farms, turbines and landslides: the fears of locals

Irish Times

4 Jan 2022

How New England bungled its plan to transition to renewable energy

Guardian

4 Jan 2022

The Observer view on Britain’s climate crisis targets: Observer editorial

Guardian

4 Jan 2022

The climate victories of 2021 that put fossil fuels in check

Guardian

4 Jan 2022

‘It parodies our inaction’: Don’t Look Up, an allegory of the climate crisis, lauded by...

Guardian

4 Jan 2022

Britons think politicians’ hypocrisy will hamper tackling climate crisis

Guardian

4 Jan 2022

Campaigners force Shell to halt oil exploration on South African coast

Guardian

4 Jan 2022

Deep heat – proposals to drill 5km underground to warm our homes

Irish Independent

4 Jan 2022

French plastic packaging ban for fruit and veg begins

Irish Times

4 Jan 2022

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