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February 28th 2017 Panda Waste Management’s announcement that they are to attach a surveillance camera to its rubbish trucks as a way of identifying households...

Will Ticknock forest be preserved as a National Park?

March 1st 2017 State-owned forestry company Coillte has postponed the felling of trees in Dublin’s Ticknock forest as calls for its preservation for recreational use...

Guest post: A closer look at China’s stalled carbon emissions

This is a guest post by Dr Jan Ivar Korsbakken and Dr Glen Peters, who are both senior researchers in climate economics at CICERO...

It’s 1 March, but spring got started weeks ago

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How quickly will the Federal Reserve tighten?

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Explainer: How much did climate change ‘cost’ in the 20th century?

From heatwaves to hurricanes, working out the dollar cost of climate change is a tough task. Often used by policymakers to weigh up the...

Republican hearing calls for a lower carbon pollution price. It should be much higher

Posted on 1 March 2017 by dana1981 The ‘social cost of carbon’ is an estimate of how much carbon pollution costs society via climate damages,...

Dear Mr President: another message from across the Pond

Posted on 28 February 2017 by John Mason The Carbon Cycle in 49 tweets There seem to be a fair number of communications being sent to...

Marshall Islands become first nation to ratify global HFC treaty

The Pacific atolls of the Marshall Islands became the first country to ratify a global agreement to slash use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).The Kigali amendment to the...

China coal use fell again in 2016, solar capacity rose 82%

China’s coal consumption fell in 2016 – the third year in a row the world’s biggest polluter has cut back its use of the...

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