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Monday 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