# Climate
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This week
28th April 2024 - 2nd May 2024
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30 Apr
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All aboard
‘The envy of Europe’?: Step inside Irish Rail’s new battery-electric Dart trains
The Journal visited the site of the Polish factory where the new Dart trains are being produced – take a look.
Lauren Boland
Lauren Boland reports from Poland
29 Apr
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Voices
Opinion: Enough of the greenwashing - we cannot recycle our way out of our waste problems
Lyndsey O’Connell
28 Apr
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Last week
21st April 2024 - 27th April 2024
Retrofitting
Explainer: What does the new loan scheme for home energy upgrades cover and how can I get it?
24 Apr
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Under fire
Eamon Ryan criticised for Ireland's intervention in Swiss women's climate case
22 Apr
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heating up
Europe is warming twice as fast as global average, leading climate monitors say
22 Apr
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Last month
April 2024
scorched
Wildfire burns near popular Spanish coast as temperatures reach abnormal highs for April
15 Apr
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CLIMATE CRISIS
New EU energy efficiency law could see government incentivise thousands more homes to renovate
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
12 Apr
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On Your Velo
Bonjour to bikes: Cycling more popular than driving in Paris city centre
11 Apr
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Greener Gardening
Peatlands conservation charity calls for end to sale of peat moss in shops and garden centres
11 Apr
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your stories
Are you a farmer affected by the recent bad weather? We want to hear your stories
Updated
11 Apr
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Win for Swiss Women
European court rules Swiss government violated human rights by failing on climate action
9 Apr
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Global Warming
March broke temperature records for tenth month in a row as western Europe saw heavy rainfall
9 Apr
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rain check
It was a majorly wet March - with 219% rain compared to average at Dublin Airport weather station
Two weather stations in Clare and Cavan recorded 29 rainy days each last month.
3 Apr
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March
March 2024
THE MORNING LEAD
The climate crisis is looming. Is Simon Harris prepared to face it?
“I’m absolutely committed to addressing the climate emergency,” the new Fine Gael leader has said.
Lauren Boland
31 Mar
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green sees red
Eamon Ryan castigates member states' cold feet on Nature Restoration Law as it faces collapse
25 Mar
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boiling point
All waters near Irish shores to be under pressure from climate change by end of century - report
13 Mar
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Biodiversity
Countries urged to ratify UN ocean protection treaty to preserve Galapagos Islands
11 Mar
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Climate
Last month was warmest February on record globally – ninth month in a row this record has been set
7 Mar
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Gone Fishing
'Time is not on our side': Countries urged to hurry up and ratify treaty to protect polluted oceans
1 Mar
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February
February 2024
THE MORNING LEAD
Irish people are getting more and more worried about storms and extreme heat - climate study
28 Feb
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Biodiversity
MEPs pass hotly debated nature law to 'reverse hundreds of years' of damage despite farmer protests
Updated
27 Feb
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farmer protest
Farmers bring tractor protest to Cork over airport expansion and climate policies
Updated
26 Feb
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climate action
Voters across all age groups hold moderate view on EU climate action
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
17 Feb
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climate action
UAE, Azerbaijan and Brazil form 'troika' to push for global action on global warming
13 Feb
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Endangered
Human destruction of nature threatens migratory mammals, fish and birds, report declares
12 Feb
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CLIMATE CRISIS
Warmest January on record as temperatures hover above crucial 1.5 limit
8 Feb
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Dublin Airport
'I'm not rejecting science, I'm supporting the economy': DAA boss defends plan to increase flights
Updated
7 Feb
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Disaster
Wildfires in central Chile kill at least 64 people, with death toll continuing to rise
Updated
4 Feb
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Voices
Pádraic Fogarty: Farmers must find a more sophisticated way to be heard than tractor protests
Pádraic Fogarty
3 hrs ago
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Climate Finance
€120 million spent by Ireland to help developing countries deal with climate change in 2022
15 hrs ago
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Voices
Deposit Return Scheme: 'We are finally seeing the value in the small everyday products we use'
Colin O'Byrne
1 Feb
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Flights
Breaching Dublin Airport passenger cap 'unsustainable' during climate crisis, Dáil hears
1 Feb
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climate protest
Greta Thunberg to appear in court over climate protest outside London hotel last year
1 Feb
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January
January 2024
Gas
Biden announces pause on new LNG export terminals in face of 'existential threat' of climate crisis
26 Jan
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