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# carbon footprint

This year
2023
Lego ditches plan to make bricks out of recycled bottles as it 'wouldn't reduce emissions'
Lego hoped recycled plastic could replace crude oil-based acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
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Sep 25th 2023, 2:22 PM
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Facebook flags Irish gas suppliers for running carbon footprint ads without disclaimers
A report by
Lauren Boland
Ads that encouraged carbon footprint reduction did not carry a disclaimer that Facebook requires for ads about social issues.
Facebook has flagged advertisements from three Irish gas suppliers for not including a particular disclaimer, Lauren Boland reports.
Energia, Electric Ireland and Calor Ireland have run ads that encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint by becoming a customer.
Climate campaigners are calling for an EU-wide ban on fossil fuel advertising, which an Irish MEP says they would support.
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Oct 18th 2021, 12:05 AM
'This can't just be politics as usual': What are the EU's main climate goals?
Carbon tax, transport investment: The main climate measures at the centre of today's Budget
World's richest man Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to help fight climate change
The online retailer Amazon that Bezos runs has an enormous carbon footprint.
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Feb 18th 2020, 7:07 AM
Poll: Are you trying to reduce your carbon footprint?
Leo Varadkar is eating less meat to reduce his carbon footprint, but Mícheál Martin said yesterday that he’s walking “a lot”.
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Jul 19th 2019, 10:00 AM
What has the Taoiseach done to reduce his carbon footprint? He's eating less meat
Varadkar says lessons must be learned from water charges stating that cross-party buy-in for carbon taxes is needed.
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Jan 14th 2019, 5:09 PM
Three counties create 'energy-efficient zone' to attract jobs
Houses, GAA clubs and other buildings are being retrofitted with energy-saving materials.
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Jan 21st 2018, 9:15 AM
Meet the former accountant who dumpster dives and lives in New York City on $5,000 a year
She even manages to make it along to the opera occasionally.
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May 24th 2015, 11:30 AM
Watch out for dangerous carbon monoxide in your home
The deadly gas can build up in the home, and can’t be detected by our senses.
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Sep 15th 2014, 9:40 PM
Noisy flights are about to get a lot less noisy
Irish researchers are leading the way on this one.
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Aug 29th 2014, 7:32 AM
Meteorologist vows to never fly again after climate change report
Would you think about reducing your carbon footprint after last Friday’s report on human impact on climate change?
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Sep 30th 2013, 8:15 PM