Extended corporate responsibility, a deposit return scheme, and laws banning the sale of some single-use plastic items are all options being weighed in…
A comparison of grass-fed meat and plant-based meat alternatives has found significant nutritional differences despite comparable Nutrition Facts panels. The research, carried out…
Projects to restore kelp forests, create new woodland, deliver natural flood risk management and improve water quality are among an initial 27 schemes…
We might have expected fewer flights and less road traffic to have improved air quality in Northern Ireland during lockdown. However, a DAERA-commissioned…
The Environment Agency has today (July 13) released its annual report on the environmental performance of England’s nine water and sewerage companies. While…
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted Edima Holdings Ltd. – a Tamworth potato processing company – for causing a pollution which killed over…
Southern Water CEO Ian McAulay has said that previous water pollution incidents in his time before joining Southern Water was “completely unacceptable” and…
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has slammed targets set in the private member’s Climate Change Bill as “complete nonsense”. Speaking during…
The first details have emerged of Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture’s Climate Change Bill. Referred to in Stormont documents as “Climate Change (No.…
A global investor coalition and former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are calling on all G20 nations to disclose specific targets to reduce agricultural…
Northern Ireland’s agricultural industry has commissioned an impact assessment report to evaluate how ambitions for Northern Ireland to achieve net-zero by 2045 will…
