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Wednesday December 27th, 2023
New climate plan lacks bold actions needed to tackle crisis, says environmental group
Irish Times
27 Dec 2023Ireland taken to European Court of Justice over failure to protect nature against influx of...
Irish Independent
27 Dec 2023Climate change: Planned actions show ship of State finally turning to tackle challenge
Irish Times
27 Dec 2023New breed of climate protesters vows to take fight to ‘cowards’ of US politics
Guardian
27 Dec 20232023’s costliest climate disasters show poor lose out in ‘global postcode lottery’
Guardian
27 Dec 2023Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done
Guardian
27 Dec 2023‘We have a responsibility’: the older women suing Switzerland to demand climate action
Guardian
27 Dec 2023Monday December 18th, 2023
The green energy conundrum: Can developers and communities see eye to eye as Ireland tries...
Irish Times
18 Dec 2023Island states call on Ireland to sign treaty to end fossil fuel consumption
Irish Independent
18 Dec 2023Ben Jennings on the decision taken at Cop28 to move away from fossil fuels –...
Guardian
18 Dec 2023Monday December 11th, 2023
Ireland drops six places in climate performance index due to ‘policy implementation failures’
Irish Times
11 Dec 2023‘Come with solutions’: Cop28 president calls for compromise in final meetings
Guardian
11 Dec 2023‘Magical’ tech innovations a distraction from real solutions, climate experts warn
Guardian
11 Dec 2023Tories shelve pledge for everyone in UK to live 15 minutes from a green space
Guardian
11 Dec 2023Cop28: China ‘would like to see agreement to substitute renewables for fossil fuels’
Guardian
11 Dec 2023UK nuclear revelations: how bad could they get and could they affect the US and...
Guardian
11 Dec 2023Eamon Ryan preparing to deploy controversial carbon capture technology in bid to cut emissions
Irish Independent
11 Dec 2023Cop28 Explainer: What is the global stocktake – and why does it matter?
Irish Times
11 Dec 2023Monday December 4th, 2023
Cop28′s UAE president says there is ‘no science’ supporting need to phase out fossil fuels
Irish Times
4 Dec 2023President Higgins pays tribute after death of environmentalist Michael Ewing – RIP
Irish Times
4 Dec 2023Cop28: 22 countries pledge to triple nuclear capacity in attempt to cut fossil fuels
Irish Times
4 Dec 2023Cop28: UAE hosting has prompted scepticism – Global stocktake means there will be no place...
Irish Times
4 Dec 2023Climate change: ‘Extreme weather is daily destroying lives and livelihoods’, says global body
Irish Times
4 Dec 2023The new ‘scramble for Africa’: how a UAE sheikh quietly made carbon deals for forests...
Guardian
4 Dec 2023Actress Olivia Colman takes aim at oil giants in satirical new role, urging pensioners to...
Irish Independent
4 Dec 2023Monday November 27th, 2023
Cop28 beckons: A hellish future is predicted, yet the world continues to take baby steps...
Irish Times
27 Nov 2023The EU Overhauls Its Law Covering Environmental Crimes, Banning Specific Acts and Increasing Penalties
Inside Cimate News
27 Nov 2023Richest 10pc in Ireland are responsible for 27pc of greenhouse gas emissions, Oxfam climate report...
Irish Independent
27 Nov 2023‘We need greater ambition on climate action’ – Mary Robinson says COP28 must be the...
Irish Independent
27 Nov 2023Scampi scam? UK retailers accused of misleading claims on environmental impact
Guardian
27 Nov 2023Exposure to widely used insecticides decreases sperm concentration, study finds
Guardian
27 Nov 2023US oil and gas production set to break record in 2023 despite UN climate goals
Guardian
27 Nov 2023UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds
Guardian
27 Nov 2023Tuesday November 21st, 2023
How to make farms more climate resilient? The solution is simple: trees
Irish Times
21 Nov 2023Emissions gap leads to calls for scaled up ambition at Cop28 and phasing out of...
Irish Times
21 Nov 2023Ireland to trade electricity with France by 2027 as work begins on undersea interconnector
Irish Independent
21 Nov 2023Richest 10pc in Ireland are responsible for 27pc of greenhouse gas emissions, Oxfam climate report...
Irish Independent
21 Nov 2023Restaurants, pets and holidays: how UK’s well-off have outsize carbon footprints
Guardian
21 Nov 2023Just Stop Oil protesters’ jail terms potentially breach international law, UN expert says
Guardian
21 Nov 2023Defra’s failure to protect and restore water bodies ‘unlawful’, high court rules
Guardian
21 Nov 2023‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm
Guardian
21 Nov 2023Most inland bathing spots in England have unsafe pollution levels, report finds
Guardian
21 Nov 2023The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since...
Guardian
21 Nov 2023Monday November 13th, 2023
Deal to resettle climate-hit Tuvalu residents shows world ‘what’s at stake’, European officials say
Guardian
13 Nov 2023Climate change: The great contradiction in Ireland’s response to a warming world
Irish Times
13 Nov 20232023 is the hottest year in 125,000 years: preview of our future if no action...
Irish Independent
13 Nov 2023Sámi call to protect reindeer in Sweden after 10,000 road deaths in five years
Guardian
13 Nov 2023Almost half of people say Government not doing enough on climate change, survey finds
Irish Times
13 Nov 2023Lloyd’s of London insurers dominate underwriting of fossil fuel projects, study shows
Guardian
13 Nov 2023More people not having children due to climate breakdown fears, finds research
Guardian
13 Nov 2023Monday November 6th, 2023
Too many large urban areas in Ireland not meeting EU wastewater standards, EPA report finds
Irish Times
6 Nov 2023Thousands of homeowners could be forced to abandon coastal properties under new national policies
Irish Independent
6 Nov 2023People can now check how clean the air is before they go outside on new...
Irish Independent
6 Nov 2023Global heating is accelerating, warns scientist who sounded climate alarm in the 80s
Guardian
6 Nov 2023World ill-prepared to stop climate crisis reversing progress on health, says study
Guardian
6 Nov 2023Politicians who delay climate action must live with consequences, says WHO expert
Guardian
6 Nov 2023‘Loss and damage’ deal struck to help countries worst hit by climate crisis
Guardian
6 Nov 2023Tuesday October 24th, 2023
States awash with fossil fuel profits should divert funds to tackle climate crisis, says Eamon...
Irish Times
24 Oct 2023Irish people believe global warming will harm ‘people in the future’, not them
Irish Times
24 Oct 2023Climate watchdog calls for ban on gas connections to curb data centre growth
Irish Independent
24 Oct 2023Private water supplies expose thousands to e-coli and cancer risk
Irish Independent
24 Oct 2023Irish rainfall intensifies in line with global warming, leading to increased flood risks
Irish Independent
24 Oct 2023Earth’s ‘vital signs’ worse than at any time in human history, scientists warn
Guardian
24 Oct 2023EU faces legal action after including gas and nuclear in ‘green’ investments guide
Guardian
24 Oct 2023EU must cut carbon emissions three times faster to meet targets, report says
Guardian
24 Oct 2023Tuesday October 17th, 2023
Survey highlights increase in Irish households using toilet as a bin which is taking toll...
Irish Times
17 Oct 2023Data centres will have electricity cut off if they fail to comply with plan to...
Irish Independent
17 Oct 2023Global electricity grid must be upgraded urgently to hit climate goals, says IEA
Guardian
17 Oct 2023Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans
Guardian
17 Oct 2023‘It was a plague’: Killarney becomes first Irish town to ban single-use coffee cups
Guardian
17 Oct 2023Dóchas calls for increased funding to address climate crisis, hunger in developing world
Irish Times
17 Oct 2023Irish Rail sets target of 51% cut in emissions by 2030 with big reductions in...
Irish Times
17 Oct 2023Human rights experts warn against European crackdown on climate protesters
Guardian
17 Oct 2023Exxon reinforces support for fossil fuels with deal to buy shale giant for $60bn
Guardian
17 Oct 2023‘We won’t serve it’: leading UK chefs join campaign to cast farmed salmon off menu
Guardian
17 Oct 2023‘Every square inch is covered in life’: the ageing oil rigs that became marine oases
Guardian
17 Oct 2023Tuesday October 10th, 2023
At least 1,000 birds died from colliding with one Chicago building in one day
Guardian
10 Oct 2023Ed Miliband to announce Labour plan to boost energy independence and cut bills
Guardian
10 Oct 2023‘The history of the climate movement is very white’: how youth campaigners took on a...
Guardian
10 Oct 2023‘Detached from reality’: anger as Rishi Sunak plans to restrict solar panels
Guardian
10 Oct 2023Building firms tell Sunak undoing green policies will hit housing investment
Guardian
10 Oct 2023Firms will hesitate to invest in UK after Sunak’s climate U-turns, says Mark Carney
Guardian
10 Oct 2023We’re facing massive €6bn a year bill because of climate change, Fiscal Advisory Council warns
Irish Independent
10 Oct 2023Moneypoint power station to be kept open until 2029 despite emissions concerns
Irish Times
10 Oct 2023Countries cited in climate case are adopting ‘look away’ attitude, court hears
Irish Independent
10 Oct 2023Monday September 25th, 2023
Al Gore leads international chorus of disapproval for Sunak’s climate U-turn
Guardian
25 Sep 2023Major Tory donor says he will not back Sunak due to green U-turn ‘madness’
Guardian
25 Sep 2023‘Brought to you by big oil’: US billboards call out companies for record heatwaves
Guardian
25 Sep 2023‘Climate villain’: scientists say Rupert Murdoch wielded his media empire to sow confusion and doubt
Guardian
25 Sep 2023Biden uses executive power to create New Deal-style American Climate Corps
Guardian
25 Sep 2023Climate action must respond to extreme weather driving health crisis, says WHO
Guardian
25 Sep 2023Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022 – report
Guardian
25 Sep 2023Most bins are full of the wrong waste as public falls down on sorting for...
Guardian
25 Sep 2023Planning delays see fewer contracts for solar and wind farms with the risk of higher...
Guardian
25 Sep 2023‘The lough isn’t just dying, it’s been killed’: How Lough Neagh reached crisis point
Irish Times
25 Sep 2023Ireland’s natural environment facing ‘devastating’ biodiversity loss, TDs told
Irish Times
25 Sep 2023Writing The Earth — a collaboration between writers and scientists aims to share understanding of...
Irish Times
25 Sep 2023‘Whatever it takes’: students at 50 US high schools launch climate initiative
Guardian
25 Sep 2023Monday September 18th, 2023
Climate activists kick off rallies against fossil fuel in week of action in New York
Guardian
18 Sep 2023California sues oil companies claiming they downplayed the risk of fossil fuels
Guardian
18 Sep 2023Replacing Australia’s retiring coal power stations with small nuclear reactors could cost $387bn, analysis suggests
Guardian
18 Sep 2023The EU cable guys have tied down Apple, yet big tech is still bossing the...
Guardian
18 Sep 2023What are medicanes? The ‘supercharged’ Mediterranean storms that could become more frequent
Guardian
18 Sep 2023US launches $1bn tree-planting scheme to mitigate effects of climate crisis
Guardian
18 Sep 2023New fossil fuel projects ‘very unwise economic risk’ says global energy chief
Guardian
18 Sep 2023Tory plans to rip up river pollution rules in tatters after two defeats in Lords
Guardian
18 Sep 2023Concerns raised over potential cross-border fraud in bottle recycling scheme
Irish Independent
18 Sep 2023Feminist and community groups join forces in launching climate justice campaign
Irish Times
18 Sep 2023Tuesday September 12th, 2023
Why did the EPA delete a tweet about eating meat? At a time of climate...
Irish Times
12 Sep 2023Fossil fuel firms operating ‘on dark side’, Mary Robinson tells Trócaire’s 50th anniversary event
Irish Independent
12 Sep 2023Campaigners get High Court nod to challenge State’s ‘inadequate’ climate action plan
Irish Independent
12 Sep 2023‘It shows how pervasive this is’ – Concerns after tests indicate weedkiller, Glyphosate, may be...
Irish Independent
12 Sep 2023Walking wins out over scooters and bikes for ‘last mile’ of city commutes
Irish Independent
12 Sep 2023Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean
Guardian
12 Sep 2023Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds
Guardian
12 Sep 2023Ministers ignored Natural England’s advice on plans to rip up pollution laws
Guardian
12 Sep 2023World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds
Guardian
12 Sep 2023US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds
Guardian
12 Sep 2023New York’s largest university will divest from fossil fuels in win for student activists
Guardian
12 Sep 2023Monday September 4th, 2023
Invasive species cost humans €392bn each year and threaten world’s diversity
Irish Times
4 Sep 2023New planning rules seek fewer car parking spaces, smaller gardens and homes built closer together
Irish Indepedent
4 Sep 2023Record numbers apply for upgrades as average retrofit of home costs €38,000
Irish Indepedent
4 Sep 2023Fifth of known species on Earth found in Unesco world heritage sites – survey
Guardian
4 Sep 2023The people of Ecuador just made climate justice history. The world can follow
Guardian
4 Sep 2023Fracking projects in NT risk exposing people to cancer and birth defects, report finds
Guardian
4 Sep 2023Burning tires and bridges: US residents ‘shocked’ by firm’s bitcoin-mining plan
Guardian
4 Sep 2023Banks pouring trillions to fossil fuel expansion in global south, report finds
Guardian
4 Sep 2023Monday August 28th, 2023
Ella McSweeney: The Barrow begins life with enormous potential but by the time it flows...
Irish Times
28 Aug 2023Firelighters pose massive risk to climate and health, Irish scientists discover
Irish Independent
28 Aug 2023Weed-choked pavements anger residents as ‘rewilding’ divides UK towns and cities
Guardian
28 Aug 2023It’s a beast’: landmark US climate law is too complex, environmental groups say
Guardian
28 Aug 2023Asian Americans have much higher ‘forever chemicals’ levels than other groups, study finds
Guardian
28 Aug 2023Republican activist says party ‘deserves to lose’ if it fails to address climate crisis
Guardian
28 Aug 2023Monday August 21st, 2023
Common crane back on peatlands after going extinct in Ireland 300 years ago
Irish Times
21 Aug 2023Tropical storms killing more Americans as climate crisis deepens, study finds
Guardian
21 Aug 2023Zero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe
Guardian
21 Aug 2023Fossil fuel firms move to dismiss climate lawsuit in Hawaii as Maui faces wildfire
Guardian
21 Aug 2023Monday August 14th, 2023
‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of England’s most precious river habitats blighted by raw sewage and...
Guardian
14 Aug 2023‘Only AI made it possible’: scientists hail breakthrough in tracking British wildlife
Guardian
14 Aug 2023‘Citizen scientists make a vital difference’: the locals who proved the River Wye was polluted
Guardian
14 Aug 2023Climate activists raise questions about who benefits from Leitrim wind farms
Irish Times
14 Aug 2023Endangered lapwing makes return to Co Down bog thanks to conservation efforts
Irish Times
14 Aug 2023New €10 levy on unrecycled waste from businesses and homes arriving in September
Irish Independent
14 Aug 2023‘Huge’ coral bleaching unfolding across the Americas prompts fears of global tragedy
Guardian
14 Aug 2023Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert
Guardian
14 Aug 2023Yemen: UN removes 1m barrels of oil from ageing tanker to avert environmental catastrophe
Guardian
14 Aug 2023A renewable energy battery plant will rise in US where a steel mill once stood
Guardian
14 Aug 2023Monday August 7th, 2023
Farming and politics on collision course over impact of our changing climate
Irish Times
7 Aug 2023Smoky coal ban has reduced chronic lung diseases among older population, new study finds
Irish Times
7 Aug 2023Ireland at risk of severe storms over coming months as oceans hit record temperatures
Irish Times
7 Aug 2023Almost half a million people are getting their drinking water from supplies described as ‘at...
Irish Independent
7 Aug 2023What is driving the record-breaking global heatwaves across three continents?
Irish Independent
7 Aug 2023Why carbon capture and storage will not solve the climate crisis any time soon
Guardian
7 Aug 2023First turbines being installed at world’s biggest offshore windfarm in North Sea
Guardian
7 Aug 2023Antarctica’s heatwaves are a warning to humanity – and we have only a narrow window...
Guardian
7 Aug 2023Wildlife lovers fear for nature reserve threatened by Cambridge university building
Guardian
7 Aug 2023Paris cancels test event for Olympic swimming on Seine due to water quality
Guardian
7 Aug 2023Ocean surface hits highest ever recorded temperature and set to rise further
Guardian
7 Aug 2023Monday July 24th, 2023
Irish Wildlife Trust campaigns officer resigns after blog edited and parts removed
Irish Times
24 Jul 2023Dropping green pledges would be ‘political suicide’, Sunak and Starmer warned
Guardian
24 Jul 2023Leading Nasa climate expert says July likely to be hottest month on record
Guardian
24 Jul 2023EPA report ‘would limit farm stock levels, ruining farmers’, Oireachtas committee told
Irish Times
24 Jul 2023New North Sea oil and gasfields will emit as much carbon as 14m cars, report...
Guardian
24 Jul 2023‘Nature is being destroyed’: Russia’s arms buildup in Barents Sea creating toxic legacy
Guardian
24 Jul 2023Greenland ice sheets less stable than believed, scientists say, raising fresh concerns for coastal cities
Irish Independent
24 Jul 2023Monday July 17th, 2023
Killarney to become first Irish town to end use of disposable coffee cups
Irish Times
17 Jul 2023Agriculture emissions target can be met if farmers show widespread support, Teagasc says
Irish Times
17 Jul 2023Rare native Irish plants will become extinct as climate change alters habitats
Irish Indepedent
17 Jul 2023‘Green shoots of change’ – climate action scale-up vowed as dip in emissions falls short
Irish Indepedent
17 Jul 2023Loophole lets farmers pollute England’s rivers with excess manure – report
Guardian
17 Jul 2023Fossil fuel workers are dying inhaling gases – despite US warnings to big oil
Guardian
17 Jul 2023Victims of Brazil dam disaster accuse mining giant BHP of ‘environmental racism’
Guardian
17 Jul 2023Scottish ministers have ‘duty’ to protect seabed from harmful fishing, says court
Guardian
17 Jul 2023UK poised to drop plans to replace home gas boilers with hydrogen alternatives
Guardian
17 Jul 2023US west braces for fiercest temperatures yet as ‘supercharged’ heatwave arrives
Guardian
17 Jul 2023Tuesday July 4th, 2023
FoodCloud launches new strategy aimed at reducing food waste on island of Ireland
Irish Times
4 Jul 2023EU court rules Ireland broke nature laws by leaving hundreds of special sites unprotected
Irish Independent
4 Jul 2023Half septic tanks failed audits in 2022 – and 20pc ‘posed a risk to humans’
Irish Independent
4 Jul 2023Zac Goldsmith resigns accusing Sunak of being ‘uninterested’ in environment
Guardian
4 Jul 2023UK airports say they can reach net zero and still expand. Is it just pie...
Guardian
4 Jul 2023‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power
Guardian
4 Jul 2023Climate groups accept millions from charity linked to fossil fuel investments
Guardian
4 Jul 2023Weather tracker: 100m people in US under air quality warnings as wildfires spread
Guardian
4 Jul 2023George Monbiot: Punishment without trial: Britain’s latest weapon in the war against dissent
Guardian
4 Jul 2023‘The result was amazing’: one man’s mission to reforest a barren Irish hillside
Guardian
4 Jul 2023Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests
Guardian
4 Jul 2023Monday June 26th, 2023
Sea level is rising – and so are concerns about Ireland’s failure to prepare for...
Irish Independent
26 Jun 2023Advisers warn of flaws in Ireland’s long-term climate change plan and say data centres are...
Irish Independent
26 Jun 2023Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds
Guardian
26 Jun 2023Caught short: lack of recycled toilet paper in UK ‘fuelling deforestation’
Guardian
26 Jun 2023‘Seismic shift’: Younger Australians reject idea humans have right to use nature for own benefit,...
Guardian
26 Jun 2023Halt new roads and developments adding to emissions, advisers to tell UK government
Guardian
26 Jun 2023Tuesday June 20th, 2023
‘Countries are drowning’: climate expert calls for urgent rethink on scale of aid for developing...
Guardian
20 Jun 2023No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day...
Guardian
20 Jun 2023Monday June 19th, 2023
Climate change is scarring Europe, and southern countries most of all
Irish Independent
19 Jun 2023New climate alert as 1.5C global warming limit breached for fourth time in nine years
Irish Independent
19 Jun 2023Europe is world’s fastest warming region as heatwaves, drought, fires and deaths increase
Irish Independent
19 Jun 2023Owners of the most polluting cars to pay double for parking across England
Guardian
19 Jun 2023A wealth tax could help poorer countries tackle climate crisis, economists say
Guardian
19 Jun 2023Swans decapitated amid rising attacks against waterfowl in England and Wales
Guardian
19 Jun 2023Tuesday June 13th, 2023
All climate change indicators worsening, scientists behind new public data project warn
Irish Independent
13 Jun 2023Sinn Féin senator brings case against Government in energy treaty row
Irish Independent
13 Jun 2023Owner of toxic dump jailed over waste breaches that cost State €60m to clean
Irish Independent
13 Jun 2023EU plans strategy to scale up investment in capturing CO2 emissions
Irish Independent
13 Jun 2023A tale of two cities: Paris proves that you don’t need skyscrapers to thrive
Guardian
13 Jun 2023‘My life and my home’: young people start to testify at historic US climate trial
Guardian
13 Jun 2023Visitors warned away from Texas beach after thousands of dead fish wash up
Guardian
13 Jun 2023UK heatwave prompts National Grid to fire up coal plant to meet aircon demand
Guardian
13 Jun 2023Monday June 5th, 2023
Cracks in Ireland’s climate policy are becoming clear with widening gaps between targets and reality
Irish Times
5 Jun 2023Farming’s emissions ‘out of step’ with contribution to jobs and economy
Irish Independent
5 Jun 2023Tougher emissions cuts loom as new report says climate actions fall ‘well short’ of target
Irish Independent
5 Jun 2023Arizona limits future home-building in Phoenix area due to lack of groundwater
Guardian
5 Jun 2023British energy developers to be told: speed up projects or leave queue for grid
Guardian
5 Jun 2023Scottish fishers say marine protection plans will wreck coastal communities
Guardian
5 Jun 2023Ministers face legal challenge over cuts to walking and cycling investment in England
Guardian
5 Jun 2023Climate crisis: rich nations undermining work to help poor countries, research suggests
Guardian
5 Jun 2023Monday May 29th, 2023
Irish air quality falls as fossil fuel burning and cattle numbers increase
Irish Independent
29 May 2023Investment in solar to overtake oil exploration this year, International Energy Agency says
Irish Independent
29 May 2023Slowing ocean current caused by melting Antarctic ice could have drastic climate impact, study says
Guardian
29 May 2023How to improve US cities and tackle the climate crisis? Get rid of parking spaces
Guardian
29 May 202330 water treatment works released 11bn litres of raw sewage in a year, study suggests
Guardian
29 May 2023Weather tracker: power prices dip to negative in Europe amid clean energy boost
Guardian
29 May 2023Monday May 22nd, 2023
Retrofitting of public buildings could cost up to €9bn and take 30 years, Ryan says
Irish Times
22 May 2023‘Uncharted territory’ for world as next five years to be hottest ever
Irish Independent
22 May 2023Further greenhouse gas emissions rise confirms Ireland as outlier in EU
Irish Independent
22 May 2023New York City is sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers, new research finds
Guardian
22 May 2023Revealed: warning to ministers over privatised water kept secret since 2002
Guardian
22 May 2023Tuesday May 9th, 2023
Ireland to join international effort to develop technologies to reduce cattle methane emissions
Irish Times
9 May 2023Climate body warns Government that delivery of measures not happening fast enough due to planning...
Irish Times
9 May 2023High levels of sewage and fertiliser residue found in 40pc of Irish lakes and rivers
Irish Indpendent
9 May 2023Dublin bottom of class in Europe for costly, complex public transport fares, Greenpeace study finds
Irish Indpendent
9 May 2023Melting glaciers in Alps threaten biodiversity of invertebrates, says study
Guardian
9 May 2023US food pesticides contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ testing finds
Guardian
9 May 2023Italian oil firm Eni faces lawsuit alleging early knowledge of climate crisis
Guardian
9 May 2023Tuesday May 2nd, 2023
A new dawn for Irish peatlands? Proper management could have big impact on carbon emissions
Irish Times
2 May 2023Sweden to build world’s first charge-as-you-drive electric motorway
Irish Independent
2 May 2023Offshore wind energy developer agrees charter to protect fishing industry off Wicklow coast
Irish Independent
2 May 2023Plastic is already in blood, breast milk, and placentas. Now it may be in our...
Guardian
2 May 2023‘Not just a problem of science’: how the environmental crisis is also cultural
Guardian
2 May 2023Green investment funds pushing money into fossil fuel firms, research finds
Guardian
2 May 2023Field of fresh cow pats welcomes first dung beetles to be rewilded in France
Guardian
2 May 2023Firm releases almost 800kg of ‘forever chemical’ a year into Lancashire river
Guardian
2 May 2023Many Europeans want climate action – but less so if it changes their lifestyle, shows...
Guardian
2 May 2023Tuesday April 25th, 2023
Ireland’s fragile marine ecosystems at risk from wind power growth, Coastwatch warns
Irish Times
25 Apr 2023Former president of Kiribati backs legal case against Australia over inaction on climate crisis
Guardian
25 Apr 20232023 Goldman environmental prize winners include Texas Gulf coast defender
Guardian
25 Apr 2023Tory former net zero tsar calls for halt to Rosebank North Sea oil project
Guardian
25 Apr 2023‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance
Guardian
25 Apr 2023North Sea drilling: Greenpeace prepares to challenge ‘disastrous’ UK decision
Guardian
25 Apr 2023Monday April 17th, 2023
World’s ocean surface temperature hits all-time high, increasing risk of extreme weather
Irish Times
17 Apr 2023EU subsidies driving fossil fuel use in fishing sector should be ended – NGO report
Irish Times
17 Apr 2023Irish Government defends moving against Swiss grannies who are fighting for the climate
Irish Independent
17 Apr 2023Phasing out coal power plants a sticking point as G7 vows to hasten shift to...
Irish Times
17 Apr 2023More than 7,500 days’ worth of raw sewage dumped in ministers’ constituencies
Guardian
17 Apr 2023Biden approves Alaska gas exports as critics condemn another ‘carbon bomb’
Guardian
17 Apr 2023Sandstorms cover China, South Korea and Thailand in a yellow blanket of dust – in...
Guardian
17 Apr 2023Lack of NI government puts net zero targets at risk, UK climate adviser warns
Guardian
17 Apr 2023‘It’s my calling’: Mikaela Loach, rising star of the climate crisis campaign
Guardian
17 Apr 2023Monday April 10th, 2023
‘We won’t have access to clean drinking water sourced in Ireland’ – damning report on...
Irish Independent
10 Apr 2023UK insulation scheme would take 300 years to meet government targets, say critics
Guardian
10 Apr 2023‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high
Guardian
10 Apr 2023Phaseout of coal power far too slow to avoid ‘climate chaos’, report finds
Guardian
10 Apr 2023Harvard professor lobbied SEC on behalf of oil firm that pays her lavishly, emails show
Guardian
10 Apr 2023Citizens’ Assembly on biodiversity loss calls for switch to more plant-based diet
Irish Times
10 Apr 2023Monday April 3rd, 2023
Poor air quality having a detrimental impact on health and deaths in Ireland, report finds
Irish Times
3 Apr 2023Drought or no drought? California left pondering after record winter deluge
Guardian
3 Apr 2023The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s energy plan: playing with fire Editorial
Guardian
3 Apr 2023£3.5m of Tory donations linked to pollution and climate denial, says report
Guardian
3 Apr 2023‘Half-baked, half-hearted’: critics deride UK’s long-awaited climate strategy
Guardian
3 Apr 2023Energy agency looks to tackle the cost, hassle and trust issues that put homeowners off...
Irish Independent
3 Apr 2023State bodies have paid out €170,000 of taxpayers’ money to offset carbon emissions from official...
Irish Independent
3 Apr 2023Tuesday March 28th, 2023
Warning that cost of failure to meet climate targets could hit €8bn by 2030
Irish Independent
28 Mar 2023Climate change is the legacy of people over the age of 60. That’s why we...
Guardian
28 Mar 2023Philadelphians rush to buy bottled water despite officials claiming water is safe after spill
Guardian
28 Mar 2023Plastics cause wide-ranging health issues from cancer to birth defects, landmark study finds
Guardian
28 Mar 2023Net zero tsar and senior Tories among those urging biomass subsidies rethink
Guardian
28 Mar 2023Britons who do not pave over garden could receive water bill discount, Ofwat says
Guardian
28 Mar 2023Monday March 20th, 2023
Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts
Guardian
20 Mar 2023‘Families who can’t pay energy bills aren’t in a position to invest in expensive retrofitting’
Irish Times
20 Mar 2023Experts seek change of regulations to protect people against cancer-causing radon in homes
Irish Independent
20 Mar 2023‘Very sensitive subject’: plan to take Welsh water for London stirs painful memories
Guardian
20 Mar 2023Biden administration sides with climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
Guardian
20 Mar 2023Ministers ‘ignored’ own adviser over weak targets for restoring English nature
Guardian
20 Mar 2023Sunak to focus on carbon capture and mini-nuclear reactors in energy policy
Guardian
20 Mar 2023Big oil firms touted algae as climate solution. Now all have pulled funding
Guardian
20 Mar 2023Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration
Guardian
20 Mar 2023‘We have money and power’: older Americans to blockade banks in climate protest
Guardian
20 Mar 2023Monday March 13th, 2023
Europe just had second-warmest winter on record as climate change intensifies, scientists say
Irish Independent
13 Mar 2023Rising temperatures in tropics to lead to lower coffee yields and higher prices, study suggests
Guardian
13 Mar 2023‘The R-word can be alienating’: How Haweswater rewilding project aims to benefit all
Guardian
13 Mar 2023Al Gore warns it would be ‘recklessly irresponsible’ to allow Alaska oil drilling plan
Guardian
13 Mar 2023BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’
Guardian
13 Mar 2023Artificial surfaces double in 30 years as concrete and tar spread over land
Irish Independent
13 Mar 2023Monday March 6th, 2023
Changes to judicial review rules could bring planning cases to a halt, lawyers warn
Irish Independent
6 Mar 2023Hedgerow cutting banned from today as aerial surveillance is launched to crack down on ‘wildlife...
Irish Independent
6 Mar 2023Every 1-degree rise in ocean temperatures produces huge increase in rainfall, Irish study finds
Irish Times
6 Mar 2023Government failing to prevent illegal turf cutting 12 years after ban, says conservation group
Irish Times
6 Mar 2023Minister Charlie McConalogue confirms exit scheme for dairy farmers due next year
Irish Independent
6 Mar 2023Eamon Ryan brings radical plans to Cabinet to slash car use, but Taoiseach rules out...
Irish Independent
6 Mar 2023‘Very precarious’: Europe faces growing water crisis as winter drought worsens
Guardian
6 Mar 2023Plan to incinerate soil from Ohio train derailment is ‘horrifying’, says expert
Guardian
6 Mar 2023High seas treaty: historic deal to protect international waters finally reached at UN
Guardian
6 Mar 2023Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points
Guardian
6 Mar 2023‘Everyone should be concerned’: Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded
Guardian
6 Mar 2023Revealed: cabinet ministers warned of legal action over UK’s failure to tackle climate crisis
Guardian
6 Mar 2023Monday February 27th, 2023
Parts of US see earliest spring conditions on record: ‘Climate change playing out in real...
Guardian
27 Feb 2023Ministers told to get a grip on scale of ‘forever chemicals’ pollution in UK
Guardian
27 Feb 2023A supergrid for Europe is the last piece in jigsaw to decarbonise Europe
Irish Times
27 Feb 2023All climate politics are local, but are local politicians up to the challenge?
Irish Times
27 Feb 2023Despite having second highest GDP, Ireland ranks below EU neighbours on environmental issues and economy...
Irish Independent
27 Feb 2023Harm to whales and other sea creatures caused by manmade underwater noise to be tackled...
Irish Independent
27 Feb 2023Australia to make area the size of Germany a marine park in Southern Ocean
Guardian
27 Feb 2023Monday February 20th, 2023
Energy firms have sights on developing 36 wind farms off Ireland’s coasts
Irish Independent
20 Feb 2023Peruvian loggers given 28 years in jail for murder of four Indigenous leaders
Guardian
20 Feb 2023Ireland to export surplus electricity within seven years, says Environment Minister Eamon Ryan
Irish Independent
20 Feb 2023Thousands to protest in Madrid over ‘barbaric’ plan to fell over 1,000 trees
Guardian
20 Feb 2023Financial sector ‘critical’ to stemming biodiversity loss, says Thérèse Coffey
Guardian
20 Feb 2023Monday February 13th, 2023
High air pollution levels in Irish towns indicate increased use of solid fuels as energy...
Irish Times
13 Feb 2023Ireland backs EU protection for wild wolves despite concerns that their reintroduction is a problem...
Irish Independent
13 Feb 2023Ultra low emissions zone expansion cut London pollutants by up to 26% – study
Guardian
13 Feb 2023‘Sadness in the whole forest’: family of Cop City activist killed by police seeks answers
Guardian
13 Feb 2023Cheap, cool and kind to nature: how secondhand became UK fashion’s main attraction
Guardian
13 Feb 2023Monday February 6th, 2023
New report claims cities need to plant trees to reduce deaths from hot summer temperatures...
Irish Independent
6 Feb 2023Rise in UK wood-burners likely to be creating ‘pollution hotspots’ in affluent areas
Guardian
6 Feb 2023In the global race to dominate green technology, Britain is still tying its shoelaces
Guardian
6 Feb 2023European Commission brings Ireland to court over EU water directive ‘failure’
Irish Times
6 Feb 2023EU closes Derrybrien wind farm case against Ireland after 20 years
Irish Independent
6 Feb 2023Local communities critical to restoring Ireland’s vast peatlands, academic says
Irish Times
6 Feb 2023World’s biggest investment fund warns directors to tackle climate crisis or face sack
Guardian
6 Feb 2023Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite presence of asbestos and toxic materials
Guardian
6 Feb 2023‘They’ve taken away my freedom’: the truth about the UK state’s crackdown on protesters
Guardian
6 Feb 2023Monday January 30th, 2023
US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically – study
Guardian
30 Jan 2023EU takes Ireland to court over failures on rivers, lakes and water quality
Irish Independent
30 Jan 2023New planning laws aimed at bringing wide-ranging reform published
Irish Independent
30 Jan 2023‘I use it because it’s better’: why chefs are embracing the electric stove
Guardian
30 Jan 2023England’s coast faces ‘multiple threats’ of dredging, sewage and pollution
Guardian
30 Jan 2023Farmers’ union called UK environment targets ‘irrational’ and ‘unachievable’
Guardian
30 Jan 2023Shell and BP face tough job of keeping customers and investors happy as profits roll...
Guardian
30 Jan 2023Grants to buy EVs may be kept for motorists in rural areas as those for...
Irish Independent
30 Jan 2023Storms dumped snow on California. Will it bring a reprieve from the drought?
Guardian
30 Jan 2023Food, feed and fuel: global seaweed industry could reduce land needed for farming by 110m...
Guardian
30 Jan 2023Runner says no to competing for GB in Australia over flight climate concerns
Guardian
30 Jan 2023Coillte deal with UK pension fund alarms Citizens’ Assembly on biodiversity loss
Irish Times
30 Jan 2023Monday January 23rd, 2023
‘No miracles needed’: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the...
Guardian
23 Jan 2023Ireland had highest EU greenhouse gas emissions per capita in Q2 last year – new...
Irish Independent
23 Jan 2023Wind provided one third of Ireland’s energy last year, cutting gas spending by €2bn
Irish Independent
23 Jan 2023ESB to recruit 1,500 new workers in €10bn plan to switch electricity network to zero-emission...
Irish Independent
23 Jan 2023Citizens’ Assembly seeks review of Coillte amid concern UK land deal will hurt biodiversity
Irish Independent
23 Jan 2023People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study
Guardian
23 Jan 2023More than one in four Irish children test positive for weedkiller chemical glyphosate as EU...
Irish Independent
23 Jan 2023Business minister boasted Britishvolt was Brexit success story months before collapse
Guardian
23 Jan 2023Monday January 16th, 2023
Exxon accurately forecast climate change while sowing doubt about crisis, study says
Irish Times
16 Jan 2023Oireachtas committee wants inquiry into alleged pollution of Castlecomer farm
Irish Times
16 Jan 2023Plan for offshore wind farm that could power a million Irish homes opens to public...
Irish Times
16 Jan 2023Free electricity for tens of thousands of households from surplus supply in ‘windy day scheme’
Irish Independent
16 Jan 2023‘A form of self-destruction’: Japan weighs up plan to expand nuclear power
Guardian
16 Jan 2023Salmon deaths on Scotland’s fish farms double – but are jellyfish to blame?
Guardian
16 Jan 2023Revealed: ministers sought Charles’s consent to pass conservation laws affecting his business
Guardian
16 Jan 2023Monday January 9th, 2023
Lough Neagh: Scars from dredging will take ‘decades if not centuries’ to recover
Irish Times
9 Jan 2023Climate action plan: Clear but painful path set out to cut Ireland’s emissions
Irish Times
9 Jan 2023Batteries, hydrogen and storage: Flexibility is new frontier of zero-carbon electricity
Irish Times
9 Jan 2023Big rise in one-off rural homes risks clashing with State’s policy on housing
Irish Independent
9 Jan 20232022 is Ireland’s warmest ever year on record, 12th year in a row with above...
Irish Independent
9 Jan 2023The 10 worst climate disasters of 2022 cost lives, livelihoods and €158bn in economic losses
Irish Independent
9 Jan 2023Call for government to press ahead with clampdown on wildlife crimes
Irish Independent
9 Jan 2023Officials may have to lift decade-long ban on landfill and give go-ahead for more incinerators
Irish Independent
9 Jan 2023‘A roaring fireplace’: the polluting raffle prize promoted by the British Heart Foundation
Guardian
9 Jan 2023Natural History Museum under fire for gagging clause with Danish oil sponsor
Guardian
9 Jan 2023Great Britain’s windfarm electricity at record high in 2022 but gas use up too
Guardian
9 Jan 2023Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds
Guardian
9 Jan 2023