How a Tipperary apple farm is managing climate change
Con Traas, son of a Dutch immigrant, installed fences to protect his trees from summer hailstorms
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June 9th-14th: From Putin’s brutal treatment of Greenpeace activists to a drama about the Dutch family who hid Anne Frank
David McWilliams: Case for nuclear power is strongest since time of Oppenheimer
Cillian Murphy may end up kicking off a nuclear debate, pitting Ireland’s emerging Nuclear Bros against our established Windscale Warriors
Irish MEP demands ‘full apology’ from French president for Rainbow Warrior sinking
Grace O’Sullivan was deckhand on Greenpeace ship which sank in attack by French secret services in 1985
Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns
Report published as latest round of negotiations for an international plastics treaty set to begin
‘I had to walk home alone because the night bus didn’t show’: Your public transport tales
The Irish Times asked readers about their experiences of public transport and how to improve it
How reliable is public transport in Ireland and how can it be improved? Tell us your story
Dublin was ranked the worst for public transport among 30 European capital cities. We want to know what you think
Dublin ranked worst for public transport in Europe due to price and ways to buy tickets
Call for Europe-wide lower price tickets to address climate and energy crises
Private jets ban demanded as emissions soar
Private flights from Ireland emitted 10.2 tonnes of CO2 per flight, the same as emitted by driving a petrol car over 40,000 km
Synthesis report prompts international calls for scaled-up actions by governments
‘All of the climate parameters are moving in totally the wrong direction’ - WMO
Denis Staunton: The power struggle to access the depths of South China Sea
Beijing is battling to get the global upper hand by mining rare earths from the seabed
Aircraft carrier scuttled off Brazil despite pollution warning
Sao Paulo carrier had been floating offshore for three months since Turkey refused it entry for scrappage due to environmental hazards
Just 5% of plastic waste generated by US last year was recycled, report says
Almost 95% of the 51m tons of wrappers, bottles and bags in 2021 discarded by Americans ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere
‘Absurd’: British Cycling faces backlash after announcing Shell partnership
Greenpeace condemns body’s decision to enter eight-year arrangement with oil giant
Ireland warned strict libel laws constrain media freedom
Campaigners fear State will grow as hub for ‘libel tourism’ in wake of UK exit from EU
Failure of G20 to agree strong climate change response leaves much to do at Cop26
Progress Indicator: UN chief says hopes of a major plan of action ‘unfulfilled but not buried’ after world’s wealthiest nations met
Greenpeace calls on EU to ban some short-haul flights
Group wants to ban flights where train journey under six hours is available
Veggie ‘burger’ survives attempted farm lobby cull
But Irish MEPs back European Parliament move to restrict dairy terms for non-dairy
France reveals €100bn Covid recovery plan
The EU’s recovery fund will finance 40% of the ambitious French programme
Silly Billy: What the Ikea bookcase tells us about the true cost of fast furniture
A Billy is made every three seconds. But the cheap-furniture boom has an ecological price
How social media platforms battle misinformation while profiting from it
Fake news is hard habit to kick when there’s profit to reap and algorithms propelling it
COP25: ‘If the big emitters fail, everything will fail,’ UN secretary general warns
Mary Robinson wanted to reassure young people ‘they have made their voice heard’
No alternative to slashing carbon emissions – UN scientists say
Reducing emissions sharply will mean challenging but more manageable consequences
European Parliament votes to ban range of single-use plastics by 2021
Straws, plastic cutlery, cotton buds among items to be banned in effort to curb pollution
UN says world must triple efforts or face catastrophic climate change
Commitments made in Paris agreement will not be met unless governments introduce extra measures
Plants using new gene-editing methods must comply with EU directives on GMOs - ECJ
Decision means GMO rules will apply where genes within one species are mixed
Industry’s failure to ditch coal a cause for concern
After years of decline, global coal consumption rose by 1 per cent last year
Theresa May’s cabinet backs expansion of Heathrow airport
Decision on controversial runway plan paves way for parliamentary vote
Disbelief at plan for German taxpayers to pay for Dieselgate
Leaked government paper suggests public money be used to pay for retrofits
Irish embassy in Moscow concerned about ‘food safety’ in wake of Chernobyl
State papers 1986: Ambassador wrote that Russian authorities treated disaster as ‘violation of party rules’
China mobilises to welcome leaders for G20 meeting
Big industrial nations to meet against a background of global tension
Beijingers unsurprised by coal-burning pollution deaths report
Concerns death toll will rise after study finds more than 360,000 died in China in 2013
Opposition to GM food is killing poor people
Golden rice could save lives in developing countries, but activists continue to resist it in the face of the evidence
Ukraine, Belarus and Russia honour Chernobyl victims
30 years after world’s biggest nuclear disaster, countries worst affected hold memorials
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