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Monday 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
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25 Sep 2023‘Climate villain’: scientists say Rupert Murdoch wielded his media empire to sow confusion and doubt
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25 Sep 2023Biden uses executive power to create New Deal-style American Climate Corps
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25 Sep 2023Climate action must respond to extreme weather driving health crisis, says WHO
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25 Sep 2023Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022 – report
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25 Sep 2023Most bins are full of the wrong waste as public falls down on sorting for...
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25 Sep 2023Planning delays see fewer contracts for solar and wind farms with the risk of higher...
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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
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18 Sep 2023California sues oil companies claiming they downplayed the risk of fossil fuels
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18 Sep 2023Replacing Australia’s retiring coal power stations with small nuclear reactors could cost $387bn, analysis suggests
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18 Sep 2023The EU cable guys have tied down Apple, yet big tech is still bossing the...
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18 Sep 2023What are medicanes? The ‘supercharged’ Mediterranean storms that could become more frequent
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18 Sep 2023US launches $1bn tree-planting scheme to mitigate effects of climate crisis
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18 Sep 2023New fossil fuel projects ‘very unwise economic risk’ says global energy chief
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18 Sep 2023Tory plans to rip up river pollution rules in tatters after two defeats in Lords
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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
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12 Sep 2023Ministers ignored Natural England’s advice on plans to rip up pollution laws
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12 Sep 2023World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds
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12 Sep 2023US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds
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12 Sep 2023New York’s largest university will divest from fossil fuels in win for student activists
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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
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4 Sep 2023Fracking projects in NT risk exposing people to cancer and birth defects, report finds
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4 Sep 2023Burning tires and bridges: US residents ‘shocked’ by firm’s bitcoin-mining plan
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4 Sep 2023Banks pouring trillions to fossil fuel expansion in global south, report finds
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4 Sep 2023