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Environment

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Litter levels on the rise in beaches and harbours
Opinion: Climate transition must happen - it's up to us whether by design or by disaster
Ali Sheridan
Concerns over data submitted by Wexford power plant to EPA
Oslo walrus Freya is euthanised after people ignored pleas to stay away from her
EU lays out plan to halve pesticide use and restore damaged ecosystems
Global plastic waste will triple by 2060 according to OECD projections
FactFind: Will planned turf regulations reduce air pollution?
Supreme Court rules President immune from EU regulations around public disclosure of information
Dáil turf wars: Eamon Ryan seeks to unite coalition against Sinn Féin motion
ESB to decommission 70-turbine Derrybrien wind farm in Co Galway
Climate change: Major new IPCC report to set out importance of urgent action
Wildfires getting worse worldwide and governments are unprepared – UN report
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The Explainer x Noteworthy: How are public maintenance works impacting river biodiversity?
Noteworthy’s Anthea Lacchia and An Taisce’s Elaine McGoff tell Susan Daly about how arterial drainage works are changing our waterways.
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Breaking the Banks: 'Vicious circle' of public works 'degrading' Ireland's rivers
Opinion: The new retrofitting scheme must move fast to make any kind of difference
Dr Wendy Rowan & Dr Stephen McCarthy
Taoiseach to bring proposal to Cabinet to form citizens' assembly on biodiversity
Targets for recycling plastic packaging will be 'extremely challenging' - so how do we do it?
Littering in Irish urban centres increased during 2021 - here are the cleanest towns and cities
'Our actions impact the air we breathe': Report highlights less traffic as key to better air
Regulations have been signed for a Deposit Return Scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans
Opinion: What is deliberative democracy and how can it bring about climate action?
Ursula Quill
Ryan announces €60m in funding for community climate projects
29% of Irish households support traffic restrictions in polluted cities - CSO
British Government u-turns on sewage penalties for water companies following backlash
Government rolls back on plan to set up statutory office for Just Transition Commissioner
Electric cars 'not yet affordable' for many as Ireland pushes for a million on the road by 2030
More than one million tonnes of packaging waste created in Ireland for third year in a row
Explainer: What is happening with the ban on the 'most polluting' solid fuels in homes?
'Most polluting' solid fuels to be banned in Ireland within a year
Plastic found in thousands of seabird nests across Europe 'poses a threat'
Levy on disposable coffee cups to be introduced in coming months
Dunmore East fishermen tell Minister: 'Every year it's getting harder to make a living'
Met Éireann staff advised to say Irish summers could get drier due to climate change
Heatwave hits Nordic countries, with 34C recorded in the Arctic
'The gates of hell opening up': What caused the massive Gulf of Mexico fire?
Over half of septic tanks failed their 2020 inspection, says EPA
Ireland won't meet 2013-2020 EU targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, EPA says
Microplastics in Irish waters 'pass up the food chain' into systems of humans and larger animals
Opinion: Radon kills thousands in Ireland but the gas is completely preventable
Marcus Stewart
The N6 ring road: Solution or dead end for Galway congestion crisis?