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Monday 26 September 2022
Irish Heart Foundation CEO Dr Tim Collins says we need to understand just how dangerous open fires are to our health.
The Government has announced proposals for a nationwide ban on the sale and burning of smoky coal.
The cloud of fine sand blown northward from Algeria tinted skies red and mixed with snowfall in the Alps and Pyrenees, leaving slopes looking orange.
Our community-driven platform Noteworthy helps you find out if you are in an area prone to floods, landslides, high radon and more.
Researchers estimate that around 15% of coronavirus deaths worldwide could be attributed to long-term exposure to tiny particles of pollution.
Higher levels of nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide showed a 3.5% higher risk of stroke.
Dr Karen Moore of the An Taisce Green-Schools programme wonders if despite Covid-19 and the lockdown, can we take some long-lasting benefits from it all – for the air we breathe, our health and quality of life.
UCC researcher calls for a broader range of clean energy initiatives as small towns suffer air pollution from residential solid fuel burning.
Limerick Against Pollution said “4,400 objections” were lodged against the plans.
Air pollution is known to have potentially devastating impacts on children’s health.
The delay in expanding the smoky coal ban nationwide is due to fears over court action.
The new research shows that air pollution now rivals smoking as a fact in life expectancy reduction.
A major study in The Lancet looked at the effect pollution has on countries around the world.
Short answer: no. And here’s why.
The UK’s poor air quality ratings are thought to cause more than 40,000 premature deaths a year.
The UK follows France in announcing plans to phase out such vehicles in just over 20 years’ time.
Ireland is facing a multi-million euro fine from the EU each year if it doesn’t reduce its emissions.
32.7% of nine-year-olds from Ireland’s lowest-income families are exposed to secondary smoke daily.
The Climate Action Minister says four people die every day due to air pollution. We put his claim to the test.
This app reads the level of air pollution in your environment.
Ireland’s air quality suffered from dust that was carried from the Sahara desert over the weekend.
Researchers found that there was “no threshold below which there was no risk” in a major study of 300,000 people.
Researchers said the findings suggest that metals and other pollutants should be regularly measured in the blood of pregnant women.
Smoky coal is already banned in 27 towns and cities around the country, but now the Minister for the Environment says he wants to see it nationwide.
An Taisce also said that poor air quality is costing the country up to €6.3 billion per year in lost days at work and health costs.
That air you’re breathing right now? It’s some of the best in Europe.
LAST SATURDAY SAW one of the largest protest marches in Ireland in recent months, as thousands descended on Dublin city centre to call for help from the government during a cost-of-living crisis.
Dozens of campaign groups, from students to pensioners, carers to climate activists, flooded O’Connell Street before marching to Merrion Square, to demand action for those struggling to make ends meet.
Organisers of the march made no secret of their hope that Dublin would see a march of people not seen since the Right2Water marches of 2015.
So, today we’re asking: When did you last attend a protest march?
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Economist Victor Duggan has some good advice for the finance minister ahead of tomorrow’s budget.
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