Locked Out: Community garden project locked out of plot and left in limbo

April 4th, 2018 For several years now, the Our Farm community garden at the National College of Art and Design has been using a small...

Shell threatened with climate lawsuit in the Netherlands

Friends of the Earth has warned it will take the oil giant to court unless it overhauls its business plan in line with international...

Norway oil fund omits meatpacker JBS from deforestation watch list

The $1 trillion investor is raising deforestation concerns with a number of beef companies but not the Amazon's biggest cattle buyer, despite evidence against...

Guest post: Using satellites to track the retreat of Antarctica’s glaciers

Dr Hannes Konrad was formerly a research fellow in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and now works at...

Emissions of three main air pollutants increased in 2016, warns EPA

April 4th, 2018 Emissions from three of the five main air pollutants in Ireland increased in 2016, latest figures from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

Dublin City Council to ban disposable coffee cups in its offices

April 4th, 2018 Dublin City Council is set to bring in a ban on the use of disposable coffee cups and single-use plastics in its...

Costa Rica president-elect promises to lead the country towards an oil-free future

Carlos Alvarado Quesada is promising to replace petrol and diesel in the transport system with clean energy, comparing the task to abolishing the army The...

Shipping climate talks begin amid protests and concerns over influence

Talks on reigning in shipping's carbon footprint started in London on Tuesday with ongoing transparency issues foremost in the minds of those outside the...

Limiting global warming to 1.5C would have ‘significant economic benefits’

Holding global temperature rise to 1.5C would lead to significant economic benefits by the end of the century, a new paper suggests. The paper uses...

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