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Environment

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Opinion
Opinion: 'It doesn’t make sense to allow dirty diesels from the last century to travel on inner-city streets'
Ciarán Cuffe
5 Aug 2019
43.7k
149
Oceans
Irish teenager wins global science award for removing microplastics from water
30 Jul 2019
451k
44
Report
Ireland completely off course regarding climate change targets, watchdog warns
24 Jul 2019
10.6k
64
green agenda
Carbon tax model that pays money back to households to be discussed
11 Jul 2019
14.9k
30
Pollution
Levels of dangerous air pollutant NO2 possibly exceeding limits on M50 and on Dublin streets
9 Jul 2019
16.5k
51
two wheels good
E-scooters are flooding city streets worldwide, so just how green are they?
7 Jul 2019
39.0k
90
Lee of faith
George Lee appointed as RTÉ's new environment and science correspondent
27 Jun 2019
25.4k
50
rté investigates
Internal documents show up to one million litres of oil leaked from ESB underground cables
5 Jun 2019
25.5k
29
voices
Opinion: Farmers should support the Green Party - and secretly some of them probably do
Ray Ó Foghlú
5 Jun 2019
13.7k
68
plastics
'Ambitious' single-use plastic straws and cutlery ban approved by European Council
21 May 2019
13.4k
17
United Nations
Landmark pact to regulate plastic waste signed by 180 nations - but not the US
11 May 2019
15.5k
37
Biodiversity
Animals and plants are disappearing faster than at any other time in human history, and it's happening in Ireland too
11 May 2019
16.0k
97
Opinion
Opinion: Time is running out to save planet earth so we are organising a campaign of civil resistance
Ciaran O'Carroll
4 May 2019
18.7k
126
Opinion
Opinion: 'Big businesses will cry wolf and fire accusations of nanny-statism at any public health intervention'
Maebh Ní Fhallúin
18 Apr 2019
11.5k
9
Environment
Candidates in more than 150 election areas to go poster free for upcoming elections
17 Apr 2019
16.4k
54
Suzhou zoo
World's rarest turtle almost extinct as final known female dies after 'last-ditch insemination'
17 Apr 2019
31.1k
33
Notre Dame
Greta Thunberg tells EU it needs 'cathedral-thinking' on climate change
17 Apr 2019
29.5k
57
recycling
Lidl says it's introducing in-store recycling stations across the country
10 Apr 2019
32.4k
30
Farming
'We shouldn't be defensive about debate led by young people': Bruton defends stance on 'Meatless Monday' teaching pack
Updated 5 Apr 2019
32.2k
123
dumping
€3 million in funding announced to help combat illegal dumping
1 Apr 2019
12.1k
49
Carbon Tax
Robinson calls for climate change action, says current system is 'underpinned by rampant capitalism'
28 Mar 2019
10.2k
61
Poolbeg
A faulty sewage tank caused effluent to pour into Dublin Bay over the weekend
26 Feb 2019
38.5k
44
Opinion
Opinion: Small farmers need to wake up and realise that the big farming lobby doesn't represent their interests
Saoirse McHugh
13 Feb 2019
33.9k
29
climate action
Opinion: 'Ireland only made its pollution targets in 2010 by crashing the economy'
Oisín Coghlan
5 Feb 2019
11.0k
82
ice ice crazy
A huge spinning ice disc on a Maine river has the locals transfixed
16 Jan 2019
40.7k
18
the food chain
Meet the Young Scientists tackling microplastic pollution on Irish farms
12 Jan 2019
12.5k
3
Opinion
Opinion: Time is running out to stop global warming - so we're taking the Irish government to court
Sadhbh O' Neill
10 Jan 2019
22.0k
109
Environment
Government and schools will no longer buy single-use plastic cups, cutlery and straws
Updated 4 Jan 2019
27.9k
56
Opinion
Opinion: You say you love your children - so why are you stealing our futures?
Beth Doherty
21 Dec 2018
13.5k
34
Environment
EU reaches landmark agreement to cut usage of single-use plastics
19 Dec 2018
16.4k
34
greenwashing
How 'greenwashing' could be hampering your work as an eco-warrior
9 Dec 2018
5.5k
3
Norway
Leftover dead fish will be used to power cruise liners
27 Nov 2018
20.6k
16
plastic problem
Wet wipes and sanitary products cause over 500 sewage blockages every month
18 Nov 2018
62.9k
51
Thirsty Work
Dublin councils plan to install public water fountains to reduce use of plastic bottles
4 Nov 2018
23.9k
96
plastic
New EU rules aim to cut down on amount of bottled water people drink
27 Oct 2018
22.1k
33
The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you make efforts to reduce how much single-use plastics you buy?
7 Oct 2018
18.0k
47
Environment
Lidl Ireland won't be selling single-use plastics after next year
7 Oct 2018
42.2k
39
Opinion
'Festival waste? It's not new - we're a disposable nation and we need to change our attitude'
Claire Byrne
8 Sep 2018
25.9k
64
Environment
Thousands of tents left behind at Electric Picnic campsite cleared by bulldozers
3 Sep 2018
84.6k
102
food waste
Researchers say plastic is 'indispensable' so they're trying to make it more sustainable
2 Sep 2018
12.4k
20
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