Project launched to name and shame plastic packaging polluters
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A new Cork-based anti-plastic initiative has urged Mondelēz International, the producer of Cadbury chocolates, to stop packaging its products with single-use plastics.
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Irish schoolkids strike for climate action now
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A group of secondary school students from across Dublin gathered in front of the Dáil yesterday to call on the Government to...
2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #4
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jan 20 through Sat, Jan...
Germany to quit coal by 2038, under commission proposal
After late-night talks, a dedicated commission has agreed a timetable to phase out coal burning in Europe's largest economy
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‘Disturbing’ climate performance leaves us off course to hit targets
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The State’s “disturbing” climate performance leaves us completely off course to meet the very emissions targets that its key climate plan is...
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