Environment
Poor grid connections restricting contributions to renewable energy targets
Inability to secure grid connections and planning permission limitations are severely restricting the role that farmers, crofters and landowners are...
Environment
N.Ireland
Drones take carbon project to next level in Scotland
High-tech drones are being deployed across Scotland as part of an innovative project to estimate the carbon stored on the...
Environment
Natural flood management must be a 'core part' of flood defences
Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan has set out how natural flood management must be a core part of...
N.Ireland
Queen's University and AFBI join €13.5m net zero coalition
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have secured international funding for projects aimed...
Environment
Black soils at ‘greater risk than ever’ – FAO
Black soils are at a greater risk than ever before due to “the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and land use...
Environment
Water company fined over £500k over pollution incident
A water company has admitted that failure of its treatment works led to pollution in River Wid in Essex and...
Environment
Cumbrian river restorations wins European Riverprize
A programme to restore and improve rivers in the Lake District has beaten competition from across Europe to win the...
N.Ireland
FAO to lead programme to transform agri-food systems
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a programme to transform global agri-food systems. Along...
Environment
National Drought Group: 'Plan ahead for next summer'
Water companies must start planning now in order to avoid potentially significant water supply and environmental impacts next summer, National...
Environment
FAO to launch report on black soils to mark World Soil Day
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) will celebrate World Soil Day 2022 and launch its first...
Environment
Call for changes in tree planting after 2021 storm damage revealed
The Forestry Commission has called for change in approaches to tree planting following the reveal of last year’s winter storm...
Environment
Water company fines to be reinvested into environment
Money from fines given to water companies for breaching pollution laws will be reinvested into schemes that benefit the environment,...
N.Ireland
Carbon footprint challenges for livestock producers
Managing carbon efficiently is now an absolute priority for beef and sheep farmers throughout Northern Ireland according to one leading...
N.Ireland
Animal breeding essential in meeting climate change targets – CEO
Animal breeding programmes will be at the core of agriculture’s efforts to meet its climate change targets over the next...
N.Ireland
COP15 to see 'new global targets to restore nature' - NIEA
The chief executive of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has said that COP15 will see new global targets to...
Environment
Beef finishing and anaerobic digestion on Scottish farm
John McIntosh finishes 2,000 cattle on an annual basis while also managing an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on his farm...
N.Ireland
Need to drastically reduce emissions ‘not addressed’ at COP27
The 2022 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt has failed to address the need to drastically...
N.Ireland
Studies show restoring habitats can prevent disease spread
Preserving and restoring natural habitats could prevent pathogens that originate in wildlife from spilling over into domesticated animals and humans,...
