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Still time for State to pull support for Shannon LNG
October 17th,
2019
The Government is trying to pass the buck on the controversial decision to include a gas terminal in the Shannon estuary on the...
Canada’s climate change election – cheat sheet
Scandal-hit Justin Trudeau has put climate action at the centre of his re-election pitch. What are his Liberals, and their opponents, promising?
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Rebellion Week: On the side of the people
October 18th, 2019
On Thursday morning highly distressing footage emerged on social media of the public pulling down two Extinction Rebellion protesters from the roof...
Two Decades of Rain, Snowfall from NASA’s Precipitation Missions
NASA’s Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) have collected rain and snowfall from space for nearly 20 years, and for the first time in 2019, scientists...
Sustainable, local food revolution needed in Ireland
October 17th, 2019
A sustainable food
production movement calling for a revolution in Irish agriculture protested outside
of the Department of Agriculture yesterday.
The protest was held
by Talamh...
After 1,600 arrests, Extinction Rebellion fights for right to protest in UK
Facing a total ban on their protest in London, the activists are now embroiled in a struggle for their right to assemble
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State of the climate: Low sea ice and near-record warmth define 2019 to date
This year is shaping up to be the second warmest on record for most surface temperature datasets, behind only the super-El Niño year of...
Extinction Rebellion eyes legal challenge after police ban protesters from London
The move prompted a group of politicians and campaigners to protest in Trafalgar Square in defiance of the ban
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Ebola epidemics will ‘increase with greenhouse gas concentrations’, study finds
The threat of Ebola outbreaks across Africa will increase as levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere rise, according to new research.
With warming temperatures,...
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