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Air pollution in the Indian city of Amritsar

Fall in CO2 emissions could be greatest since WWII

Coronavirus / 03 Apr

Roads are empty to arrive to Paris Orly Airport

Air pollution decreases across European urban areas

Venice can boast clear skies to match its increasingly pristine canals as industry in much of Europe grinds to a halt

Air pollution drops rapidly amid industrial inactivity

Environment / 27 Mar

The reef is worth an estimated €3.6 billion a year in tourism revenue for the Australian economy

Great Barrier Reef suffers mass coral bleaching event

Environment / 26 Mar

Fish have returned to Venice's cleaner and clearer waters

Air pollution is down - will we take heed of lessons?

Coronavirus / 20 Mar

An Bord Pleanala refused permission for sea wall defences for Trump Doonbeg

Trump Doonbeg refused permission for sea wall defences

Ireland / 18 Mar

The LDA hopes to identify spaces that could be used to provide extra housing capacity in and around Galway city

LDA maps 1,000 hectare land bank around Galway city

Connacht / 18 Mar

Researchers at the University of Plymouth in the UK analysed bricks that had washed up on the coastlines

Lego bricks may survive in ocean for 1,300 yrs - study

Environment / 16 Mar

The white giraffes were found 'in a skeletal state' in Kenya (File pic)

Poachers kill two rare white giraffes in Kenya

Irish Cement says the €10 million plan is vital to its future and secure the jobs of the 80 staff at the Mungret plant

EPA to hold oral hearing over Irish Cement decision

Munster / 05 Mar

Tens of thousands of the birds have been spotted over fields in Nobber

Starling murmurations thrill Meath nature lovers

Leinster / 05 Mar

Greta Thunberg addressed MEPs today

Greta Thunberg tells EU to stop 'pretending' on climate

Europe / 04 Mar

Study was carried out by researchers from the Imperial College London

Baby bee brains affected by pesticide - study

Environment / 04 Mar

Researchers say the health impacts of burning fossil fuels is significantly underestimated by authorities

Air pollution 'pandemic' shortens lives by three years

Environment / 03 Mar

Greta shot to fame when she launched the first 'School Strike for Climate' outside the Swedish parliament

Thunberg tells Bristol climate rally 'change is coming'

Red squirrel population rebounding with help from a native predator

Pine marten helps red squirrel population rebound

Ulster / 26 Feb

Dried grass in Phoenix Park during a heatwave in summer 2018 - the report ranks Ireland last out of 15 EU countries for progress on its environmental goals

Ireland 10th out of 15th in reaching UN SDGs - report

Ireland / 21 Feb

The ESB says it will stop buring coal at Moneypoint in Co Clare by 2025

Call for closure of Moneypoint power station

Environment / 21 Feb

Minister Richard Bruton said the variation of efficiencies made across the public sector was a concern

€1.3bn in energy efficiencies made by public sector

Ireland / 19 Feb

Workers clearing mounds of floating plastic waste on the Klang river on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur

Plastic wasteland: Tackling illegal dumping and burning

Environment / 19 Feb

The report says around 250 million under-fives in low and middle income countries risk being stunted due to malnutrition and other impacts of poverty

Every child under threat from climate, poor diet - UN

Plastic waste at an abandoned factory in Jenjarom, outside Kuala Lumpur, last March

Plastic wasteland: Where the West sends its rubbish

Environment / 19 Feb

Amazon founder launches Bezos Earth Fund saying 'climate change is the biggest threat to our planet'

Amazon CEO Bezos pledges $10bn to fight climate change

Environment / 18 Feb

The wettest area so far this month was Claremorris in Co Mayo

Twice the normal daily rainfall in early February

Environment / 18 Feb

A date for the hearing of the case will be fixed later

Supreme Court to hear challenge over climate change

Courts / 17 Feb

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