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"There are lots of people who think they are recycling properly and who are not"

What really happens to our recycling?

Recycling / 14 Nov

"Air doesn't abide Brexit": Ireland performs poorly on emissions compared to other EU countries

How do Ireland's green credentials measure up?

Environment / 10 Sep

Scientists have found microplastics in snow samples from the Arctic: "the microscopically small threads can end up in our lungs"

Why fibre is not always good for your health

Environment / 03 Sep

Imagining a different future for capital and country

A walk through the streets of Dublin in 2030

Ireland / 05 Sep

How many of these tents will be left behind by revellers in Stradbally next Monday morning?

The environmental cost of dumping your tent at Electric Picnic

Environment / 26 Aug

"We've got really difficult social issues in Ireland which overlap with carbon reduction and climate change"

Is it time to give nuclear power a chance?

Podcast / 23 Aug

"The Rural Electrification Scheme was an enormous logistical, capital, technological and cultural project that transformed the Irish countryside"

Lessons on climate action from the Rural Electrification scheme

Climate Change / 21 Aug

The Manaro Voui volcano on Vanuatu's Ambae island in 2017. Photo: Dan McGarry/Vanuatu Daily Post/AFP/Getty Images

Here's how climate change is damaging one small Pacific island

Climate Change / 19 Aug

"When studying the chaotic systems we find in nature there is nothing random about chaos"

Why is it so difficult to make a long-term weather forecast?

Weather / 19 Aug

A cyclist in Oslo, a city slowly but surely reducing the number of cars in its city centre. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell/AFP/Getty Images

Reclaiming the streets from the car

Podcast / 16 Aug

"The message to this generation's Leaving Cert students: if you want to change the world, study plants"

Why plants are central to saving the planet

Climate Change / 09 Aug

Look up, it's a carbon footprint of 2,146kg in Seat 32D

Why flying is the most problematic part of a zero-carbon plan

Climate Change / 22 Aug

"We need to imagine a time in the future when cows can text you to tell it's time for milking"

Meet the farmers of tomorrow

Podcast / 07 Aug

"Giving someone the information and telling them what to do won't necessarily result in behaviour change"

Why do we find it so hard to stop using plastic bottles?

Climate Change / 06 Aug

Branching out: will climate change mean the end of the line for the Blue Tit?

Is climate change making our birds extinct?

Climate Change / 29 Jul

The people charged with implementing the Climate Action Plan to move Ireland from worst-in-class for climate action measures

How governance should ensure progress of the Climate Action Plan

Climate Change / 25 Jun

The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that 'Ireland is completely off course in terms of achieving its 2020 and 2030 emissions reduction targets'.

Why it's necessary to create new climate change institutions

Climate Change / 17 Jun

In 2017, half of the electricity produced in Ireland came from gas power plants.

The financial risks Irish citizens face with The Paris Agreement

Climate Change / 05 Jun

"Recent waves of protest led by young people across the globe calling for climate action demonstrate the impact and value of grassroots mobilisation" Photo: RTÉ

Why haven't actions to tackle climate change worked to date?

Climate Change / 27 May

"Countries such as Ethiopia, Nepal and South Africa have developed national climate change and health adaptation plans". Photo: iStock

Climate change is bad for your health - and everything else

Climate Change / 23 May

When the estuary turns green: research work at the Tolka estuary

Why do some Irish estuaries turn green every summer?

Natural sciences / 15 May

Turning green: "the Committee has provided a forum for serious and sustained political engagement on climate change in a way that was profoundly lacking in the past"

What's in Ireland's landmark climate change report?

Climate Change / 29 Mar

"Different community groups can play an important role in generating engagement on issues of climate action, irrespective of any previous links to environmentalism."

The local and community response to climate change

Climate Change / 29 Mar

Students in Hamburg demonstrate against global warming earlier this month. Photo: Adam Berry/Getty Images

Strike on here: why young people are striking for climate action

Activism / 29 Mar

"Other plants showed early seasonal change indicating an early arrival for spring, such as daffodils flowering in January"

Mild, cold mild, cold: is our spring weather confusing nature?

Nature / 29 Mar

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