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NATO Countries Worry Trump Will Undo Climate Progress, Drafts Show
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G20 must support good jobs in the low carbon transition
Donald Trump won the US presidency railing against “job-killing regulation” and promising to put coal miners back to work.Delivering against this promise is proving...
Small-scale renewables cheapest for rural Africa, says Dutch report
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France lobbied EU to cut forests without counting climate impact
France has partially succeeded in watering down EU carbon accounting rules to give countries a free pass on depleting forests, leaked documents show.Ahead of...
PRESS RELEASE: Ireland named & shamed at international awards ceremony for subsidising peat burning
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Ireland was among nine countries named and shamed at the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Awards ceremony in Brussels today for the Government’s commitment to...
Press Release: Ireland named & shamed at international awards ceremony for subsidising peat burning
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Ireland was among nine countries named and shamed at the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Awards ceremony in Brussels today for the Government’s commitment to...
Half the global population could face ‘unknown’ climates by mid-century
Billions of people across the world could see climates they’ve never experienced before by the middle of the century, a new study says.
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How Rollbacks at Scott Pruitt’s E.P.A. Are a Boon to Oil and Gas
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Student water conservation project scoops top prize in Water Explorer competition
A Kerry-based school scooped top prize at the national Water Explorer competition last week with a project looking into the issue of water conservation.
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