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Monday August 29th, 2022
Tiny Rockabill, the island off the Dublin coast turned into a refuge for threatened seabirds,...
Irish Independent
29 Aug 2022Campaigners dig in for fight after huge six-hall data centre gets go-ahead on 145-acre site
Irish Independent
29 Aug 2022Dealing with drought: how fog collectors are providing trees with water in Spain
Guardian
29 Aug 2022Washington state to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035, following California
Guardian
29 Aug 2022Time running out to protect world’s oceans, conservationists say as UN treaty talks stall
Guardian
29 Aug 2022Irish farmers say they will be forced to cull cows to meet climate targets
Guardian
29 Aug 2022Environment Agency tells staff to ignore pollution complaints, says ex-employee
Guardian
29 Aug 2022Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’
Guardian
29 Aug 2022Monday August 22nd, 2022
How a top US business lobby promised climate action – but worked to block efforts
Guardian
22 Aug 2022Ireland’s highest ever August temperature of 31.7 degrees recorded in Co Carlow
Irish Times
22 Aug 2022Golden eagles face double threat as US wind turbines add to climate crisis peril
Guardian
22 Aug 2022Horn of Africa drought places 22 million people at risk of starvation, says UN
Guardian
22 Aug 2022The rise of vertical farms: could indoor plant factories be the norm in 10 years?
Guardian
22 Aug 2022Monday August 15th, 2022
Academics tell Government emissions ceilings are flawed and unlawful
Irish Independent
15 Aug 2022Traffic congestion charge would boost air quality in New York City, study finds
Guardian
15 Aug 2022‘It’s a human rights issue’: young adults take Portugal climate crisis to court
Guardian
15 Aug 2022Britain’s wetlands are the key to saving us from drought, wildfires and even floods Tony...
Guardian
15 Aug 2022Brexit threatening endangered species as red tape hits zoo breeding programmes
Guardian
15 Aug 2022Swiss mountain pass will lose all glacier ice ‘in a few weeks’ for first time...
Guardian
15 Aug 2022Europe’s rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years
Guardian
15 Aug 2022Monday August 8th, 2022
Fintan O’Toole: If we can’t create a system that allows people to plant trees, what...
Irish Times
8 Aug 2022‘The new normal’: how Europe is being hit by a climate-driven drought crisis
Guardian
8 Aug 2022Spain limits air conditioning and heating in public buildings to save energy
Irish Times
8 Aug 2022Stop letting climate targets slide – we should be reaching them even faster
Irish Independent
8 Aug 2022Unprecedented changes needed if climate targets are to be met, Cabinet warned
Irish Times
8 Aug 2022Caveat: Hydrocarbons may eventually kill us but the economy could die first
Irish Times
8 Aug 2022Feeding deer in Phoenix Park poses a threat to both humans and wildlife
Irish Independent
8 Aug 2022Victoria passes laws raising penalties for environmental protesters at logging sites
Guardian
8 Aug 2022‘They all knew’: textile company misled regulators about use of toxic PFAS, documents show
Guardian
8 Aug 2022Revealed: BP’s ‘greenwashing’ social media ads as anger over fuel costs rose
Guardian
8 Aug 2022‘Incredibly promising’: the bubble barrier extracting plastic from a Dutch river
Guardian
8 Aug 2022Monday August 1st, 2022
Tiny turtle pooed ‘pure plastic’ for six days after rescue from Sydney beach
Guardian
1 Aug 2022Energy regulator warns of ‘acute’ risk to security of power supply here
Irish Independent
1 Aug 2022EPA: game not over, says environmental agency leader after supreme court blow
Guardian
1 Aug 2022‘Wake-up call’ for climate-sceptic Czechs as blaze devastates national park
Guardian
1 Aug 2022Undersea nuclear waste dump off Cumbria would imperil marine life, experts warn
Guardian
1 Aug 2022As my son choked on bushfire smoke it was clear our most vulnerable are feeling...
Guardian
1 Aug 2022