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Climate change
Our latest news coverage, analysis and comment on the global climate crisis
Power grid to be strengthened against storm threat
ESB networks to improve surveying, hazard removal and forestry management
Europe just had warmest March on record
Globally, last month was the planet’s second-warmest March on record
Legal threats see some climate activists turn to clandestine sabotage activities
Ireland has a long history of courageous climate and environmental activism which includes protests against LNG and fracking, the Corrib gas pipeline, tree felling at the Glen of the Downs, Sitka spruce plantations and data centres
Norwegian consultancy firm DNV to create 200 jobs in Ireland
Majority of the jobs at rebranded Enviroguide will be based in Dublin and Cork
‘Our health is intrinsically linked to the natural world. Quite simply, no nature, no health’
If you think hospital waiting lists and access to GP care are challenging now, climate change will bring more difficulties
Abhainn: This Dublin walking trail is a love letter to the city’s forgotten rivers
Rosie O’Reilly, Dublin’s first biodiversity artist-in-residence, is on a mission to preserve the capital’s hydro-story
How do you resurrect a graveyard? Simply stop mowing the grass
Given a chance, dormant seeds will sprout, and with them, butterflies, bees, bats, birds and small mammals
Has this buzzard fallen prey to bird flu?
Éanna Ní Lamhna on how to report dead birds, a bone of contention, and an imported lizard
Fertiliser sales jump 11%, which may undermine Irish case for retaining EU nitrates derogation
Sales spike in 2024 after two years of declines
BP’s low-carbon team axed as company returns to oil and gas
Staff told it is not ‘commercially viable’ to keep unit dedicated to low-emissions vehicles
Sunk costs in fossil fuel infrastructure could sink us
The greatest cost of new fossil fuel projects may be the missed opportunity to build clean energy
Misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories are not exclusive to the political right
From GM foods to nuclear power, there is no shortage of incorrect and harmful messaging on the left side of the spectrum
Trump’s science policies pose long-term risk to innovation, economists warn
Economists argue that investments in scientific research are among the most efficient uses of taxpayer dollars, returning about $5 for every dollar invested
Debate: Should Ireland build more data centres?
Providing IT infrastructure for the likes of Amazon and Meta is key for our economy, but environmental costs worry opponents
Investment in public transport is key to success of revised national planning framework
Either we spend a lot more on public transport, especially in regional cities and on rail lines serving new commuter belts, or the framework will be meaningless
This trend for lighting up gardens may seem an inviting one, but it needs to be done with care
Studies show that birds, bats and insects are among animals in the natural world affected by light pollution
‘If we flood again, we’re homeless’: Midleton homeowners in crisis without flood insurance after storms
Homeowners say they are ‘living in terror’ because nothing has been done to protect them from a recurrence of Storm Babet’s devastating floods
The Uninsurables: One in 20 Irish houses struggles to get flood insurance
We’ve been lucky so far but ‘only a matter of time before a 3m storm surge’ hits Ireland
Dublin 4 residents waiting for flood defences as insurance premiums hit astronomical rates
‘The year before last it went to €1,700, then we were told they were pulling out of the market’
If I can’t get flood insurance, can I still buy a particular house?
Even people who haven’t been affected by flooding can now struggle to get insured, depending on where they live
‘Thanks to the bogs, life will continue. Just not ours’: The Irish bog and our national psyche
BogSkin, an exhibition by the Royal Hibernian Academy, prods us by showing that Ireland’s bogs aren’t simply repositories for our collective unconsciousness, they are precious sustainers of life and, in a hugely destructive inflection of past habits, we are sacrificing them
Abundance; The Care Economy; The Measure of Progress: ‘The old is dying and the new cannot be born’
Three ambitious new books - by Tim Jackson, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, and Diane Coyle - examine the failures of liberal democracy, and how we can chart a course to a better future
Looking forward to a future where doctors prescribe time to take in a hedgerow
A new study finds that people watching nature videos reported electric shocks as less intense, a pattern also observed in their brain scans
Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts: A climate-change novel weighed down by a deluge of soupy prose
It feels as if the book has been reverse-engineered as a container for an academic field trip
‘There is an urgency here’, says the Irish man reinventing cement
Ecocem, founded by Donal O’Riain, has found a way to cut carbon emissions in cement manufacture by 70%, and looks to be on the cusp of breaking big markets
People power is driving Ireland’s clean energy switch, says Minister
Combining technologies is breaking down barriers to renewables in the home, SEAI energy show reveals
Trump policy decisions to have big impact on overseas aid and global climate agenda
Irish political leaders and officials facing busy 2025 in optimising influence and shaping opinion
Popularity of electric and hybrid cars surge
Combined share of petrol and diesel cars among new private cars licensed so far this has fallen from 51% to 42%
We’ve been sold the idea that replacing instead of fixing is faster, but is it really?
Mending is better than spending, and online directory RepairMyStuff.ie is a one-stop-shop that makes it easy to find local repair businesses
Why companies are quietly abandoning their climate ambitions
Companies are no longer blowing hot air about their ESG credentials anymore, they’re actively stepping back from them
Matt Murphy leaves an extraordinary legacy in and around Sherkin Island
Ella McSweeney on a thoughtful man who lived a determined and visionary life as a conservationist and educator
Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2bn people, says UN
Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis
Winter flood and storm damage may worsen due to Atlantic wind system changes, scientists warn
Changes to North Atlantic oscillation could increase frequency of cold snaps, floods and storms, says study
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