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The 'Bubble' is powered by electricity and lifts out of the water on 'wings'

Future transport: Floating down the Seine in a bubble?

News Lens / 17 Sep

President Michael D Higgins said the US decision was 'myopic and regressive'

US withdrawal from Paris Agreement 'myopic' - President

Ireland / 17 Sep

Campaigners calling for products such as vegetables to be sold 'loose' and without packaging

Minister working on strategy to ban single-use plastics

Environment / 16 Sep

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Deadline closing to join RTÉ Youth Assembly on Climate

Youth Assembly / 16 Sep

Villarrica in Chile, as seen this week

Orange alert as Volcano rumbles in southern Chile

News Lens / 13 Sep

Raine Island is the largest nesting site for green turtles in the world (Pics: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services Raine Island Recovery Project team)

Project to save endangered turtle nests off Australia

News Lens / 12 Sep

Damage caused by Hurricane Dorian to the island Great Abaco, Bahamas

Bahamas Dorian toll climbs to 50, thousands evacuated

The idea was inspired by a painting from the 1970s

Nature Watch: Forest installed in Austrian stadium

News Lens / 09 Sep

'Goodwill alone is not enough anymore,' the Peruvian president said

Amazon countries sign forest pact

News Lens / 07 Sep

Supermarkets will be barred from offering lightweight plastic carrier bags at their checkouts

Germany to ban single-use plastic shopping bags

After 20 years of conservation efforts the population has increased to 900

Grey Partridge population on the increase

Environment / 05 Sep

Since 1970, average annual temperatures have risen by 4C in Svalbard

'We are losing the Arctic as we know it'

News Lens / 05 Sep

A handout photo made available by the US Coast Guard shows an aerial view of damaged structures in the Bahamas

Hurricane Dorian leaves trail of destruction in Bahamas

Seán Ferguson collects discarded buckets and spades, along with other rubbish, before his daily swim at sunrise

Swimmer seeks home for toys left on Wexford beaches

Leinster / 03 Sep

The flooding was caused by heavy rain and high tides over the past two days

Houses evacuated in Clare after Shannon floods

Munster / 02 Sep

Santa Ines glacier in Seno Ballena fjord in southern Chile

Chilean Patagonia: an open-air lab for climate change

Youth Assembly / 30 Aug

Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority singled out rising sea temperatures as the biggest threat to the giant organism

Great Barrier Reef outlook now 'very poor' - report

Ice sheets lost roughly 400 billion tonnes of mass annually in the decade to 2015

Ocean levels steadily rising, warn UN climate report

Youth Assembly / 29 Aug

People navigate flood waters in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines last month

Draft UN report warns of rising seas, storm surges

Environment / 29 Aug

Climate change represents challenges and opportunities for industry

'Industry central to Ireland's climate action targets'

Business / 29 Aug

Funding for prevention and control of forest fires has also been reduced

Brazil's environment agency reportedly sees budget cut

Armadillos are among the animals dying in the blaze

Animals suffer as wildfires ravage Bolivian forests

News Lens / 28 Aug

Cork Harbour was found to be 'heavily littered' by the IBAL report

Only 16% of waterways in Ireland are clean - report

Environment / 26 Aug

Burnt Amazon rainforest near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil

G7 to supply more than €20m in battle over Amazon fires

Greta Thunberg is due to attend the UN summit on zero emissions in New York (Image: Team Malizia)

Greta Thunberg nears New York amid 'very high waves'

Environment / 26 Aug

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