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COP29 president avoids answering how many fossil fuel deals his country has done while hosting UN climate talks
Climate change
We quizzed him on the deals as he appeared before press for the first time since the climate began
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Al Gore slams level of 'control' fossil fuel companies have over COP climate talks
Climate change
"it's just wrong that the fossil fuel industry has gained so much control over the world's processes for trying to solve the climate crisis"
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COP29: Young Sherpa woman says melting Himalayas decimating Nepal communities
Climate change
"In Nepal, the mountains are experiencing climate change at a much greater rate than the global average. Although we are one of the least contributors of climate change, we are the ones facing the most impacts"
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COP29: 'Pay up' for climate say activists who held mass protest at Baku summit
Climate change
Al Gore says the fossil fuel industry "hamstrung this process in all 32 years since the first Rio summit"
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COP29: Mum carries baby 10,000km from Ghana to Azerbaijan to tell climate negotiators 'my son's future is at stake'
Environment
Little Leroy is thought to be the first baby ever to attend the UN climate talks. His mother Adjoa told The Irish Mirror she brought him because "my son’s future is at stake because of the impacts of climate change"
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Binmen making extra cash under Re-turn scheme by grabbing bottles and cans, ministers told
Recycling
Waste collectors and hospitality workers are claiming the deposits on containers discarded or left behind by customers, according to correspondence seen by the Irish Mirror
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Eamon Ryan responds to praise for fossil fuels as ‘a gift’ from God - 'God also gave us renewables'
Eamon Ryan
Mr Ryan also defended the absence of the coalition leaders from COP29, saying: “We have an election and they have to be before the Irish people with our own leader Roderic O’Gorman"
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COP29: Mary Robinson leads fight against fossil fuel firms as campaigners demand 'payback'
Environment
Fossil fuels are in the spotlight again as COP29 gets under way in Azerbaijan
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COP29 countdown begins with Valencia's tragedy fresh in many minds - but will it secure a deal to end fossil fuels?
Climate change
World leaders will meet in Azerbaijan next week for another round of global talks on the climate crisis
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Midleton could have been Ireland’s Valencia, says Dublin boffin
Climate change
"It really should be front page news in every publication in the world that we’ve exceeded this temperature limit of 1.5 degrees"
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Ireland weather: 2024 'virtually certain' to be warmest year yet
Environment
New data from Copernicus estimates it will also be the first year over 1.5 degrees of global heating
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'We know the climate crisis is spiralling out of control', Oireachtas committee told
Climate change
Charities call for Ireland to "scale up funding for loss and damage" resulting from climate change
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Irish climate concern remains high but fewer aware humans are responsible - where does your county stand?
Climate change
Risk awareness is increasing in areas hit by floods, wildfires and water shortages says the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Banning best before dates on fresh food among 47 recommendations to improve Ireland's circular economy
Environment
"Our current 'Take, Make, Use, Discard' model ignores the environmental costs along the supply chain"
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Deposit return scheme delivers 'massive reduction' in bottles and cans littering Irish beaches
Environment
Minister Ossian Smyth says Re-Turn has "given the power back to the people to transform" their environment
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Top Irish expert says warming oceans are the 'rocket fuel' sparking monster hurricanes like Milton
Environment
Maynooth Professor and IPCC scientist, Peter Thorne, answers our questions about recent extreme weather and if hurricanes could hit Ireland
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New RTE show highlights ‘quietly amazing things’ people are doing for the Irish environment
Environment
Farm plastic recycling, the power of trees and islands championing solar all feature in RTE's new show, Heated
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Sinn Fein MEP wants Ireland to champion ban on EU exports of toxic chemicals
Environment
Lynn Boylan says some pesticides and chemicals that harm humans and animals are banned in the EU - but firms still make them for export
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Two decades is too long to bring Ireland's wastewater treatment up to standard, says watchdog
Environment
10 large towns and cities, including Dublin, are failing EU standards to protect environment from pollution
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Grave risk ecosystem collapse poses to Irish food security 'underestimated' says top body
Environment
The Climate Change Advisory Council says funding to restore biodiversity is 'inadequate' and farmers need more help to adopt nature-friendly practices
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Irish environment pillar outlines demands as politicians gear up to compete for Dail seat
Environment
"No more business as usual – it’s time to put climate, nature and fairness at the heart of Government"
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Government spending €17.5 million to switch 200,000 street lights to LEDs in three regions
Environment
The move will cut the amount of energy they use by 55 per cent
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Mark Ruffalo rallies rising Cork movie star Alice Oliver to stop LNG coming to Ireland
Climate change
"They need to remove the LNG fast tracking and prioritisation as a strategic infrastructure from the Planning Bill and permanently just ban LNG now"
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Ireland Thinks poll finds twice as many people oppose fracked gas terminal as support it
Environment
Concerned citizens are urging TDs to vote against the Planning Bill if it fast tracks commercial LNG imports
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