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Pollution

All time
Pollution
Plastic in the Atlantic Ocean is far beyond levels previously estimated
18 Aug 2020
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Pollution
Link between strokes and air pollution rise in winter, RCSI research finds
11 Aug 2020
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air pollution
Opinion: After the Covid-19 masks are gone, will we breathe cleaner air?
Dr Karen Moore
27 Jul 2020
15.7k
5
Pollution
​​Smoky coal ban extended to all towns with populations of over 10,000 people
27 Jul 2020
24.9k
42
plastic pollution
Over 30% of all plastic exported from Europe may not be recycled, according to Irish study
1 Jul 2020
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Pollution
Wet wipes: 50% of brands labelled 'flushable' actually contain microplastics (and shouldn't be flushed)
23 Jun 2020
12.7k
21
clearing the air
Fall in air pollution from traffic since Covid-19 restrictions
27 May 2020
10.0k
33
clearing the air
Dramatic fall in Ireland's transport pollution as we undertake 'natural experiment'
19 May 2020
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19
Troubled Waters
Water quality in almost half of Ireland's lakes and rivers deemed unsatisfactory
10 Dec 2019
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34
Pollution
Levels of dangerous air pollutant NO2 possibly exceeding limits on M50 and on Dublin streets
9 Jul 2019
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climate action
Ireland is 'buying' its way out of meeting its emission targets by spending €86.8m worth of carbon credits
13 Jun 2019
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Pollution
Law to ban microbeads in Ireland set to be published
11 Jun 2019
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rté investigates
Internal documents show up to one million litres of oil leaked from ESB underground cables
5 Jun 2019
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29
Breathing
Traffic pollution causing 1,700 new cases of asthma in Ireland every year
11 Apr 2019
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31
clean oceans
New plan to use Irish fishing trawlers to remove plastic from oceans
11 Jan 2019
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36
microbeads
The government is declaring war in 2019 (on single-use plastics)
31 Dec 2018
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65
No Cars Go
Madrid takes drastic action to curb emissions by closing city centre to car traffic
30 Nov 2018
12.5k
21
downstream
Water quality in Irish rivers and lakes is more often getting worse, not better
30 Nov 2018
10.1k
23
What a Load of Rubbish
Litter survey finds majority of Irish rivers, beaches and harbours are polluted: here are the biggest blackspots
13 Aug 2018
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47
surprise discovery
Scientists have accidentally created a mutant enzyme that eats plastic
17 Apr 2018
39.8k
46
boracay island
'A cesspool': Philippines to close its most popular tourist island for six months
5 Apr 2018
35.4k
32
not suckin' diesel
It begins - German court rules that cities can ban diesel cars to combat air pollution
27 Feb 2018
21.4k
44
India
India's capital is polluted with smog... but these Delhi offices have air as fresh as the Swiss Alps
14 Jan 2018
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13
The Lancet
Pollution linked to nine million deaths around the world in 2015 (and close to 1,800 of those were in Ireland)
20 Oct 2017
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18
Pollution
Diesel emissions may be responsible for 5,000 deaths in Europe every year
18 Sep 2017
12.6k
57
get outa the water
Swimming ban at Sandymount Strand due to possible pollution
15 Aug 2017
12.0k
13
Sewage
'An absolute disaster': Hundreds of fish killed in River Tolka after someone put car tyre into sewer
20 Jul 2017
46.8k
38
microbeads
Public health could be 'at risk' from exposure to microplastics in drinking water
8 Jun 2017
13.6k
15
bike to work
Cycling to work is only healthy if the government makes it safe, new study says
7 Jun 2017
12.8k
72
Pollution
Over 1,000 people protest against Limerick incinerator plans
11 Mar 2017
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47
environmental risks
Pollution kills 1.7 million children under five worldwide each year
6 Mar 2017
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6
irreparable damage
Not even the deepest, darkest parts of the planet have escaped human pollution
13 Feb 2017
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32
Smog
Spending a day in Delhi is the equivalent to smoking 40 cigarettes. We went to see for ourselves
4 Dec 2016
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34
Smog
UN agency says 681 people died in Ireland from air pollution in one year
27 Sep 2016
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41
Irish Water
Swimming bans in place at three popular Dublin beaches due to 'extreme rainfall'
19 Aug 2016
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38
rapid decline
Sharks in South Africa that regularly maul people are now facing extinction
24 Jul 2016
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43
Pollution
Fingal County Council issues warning about another three beaches
7 Jun 2016
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36
Pollution
Thousands of dead fish found near Rio's Olympic waters
14 Jan 2016
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Bangladesh
These heartbreaking images show what it's like to live and work in one of the most polluted cities on earth
17 Oct 2015
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11
Das Pollution
Volkswagen is going to pay out billions over dirty diesel vehicles
22 Sep 2015
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