Environment
Government launches Bees’ Needs Week
To mark the start of Bees’ Needs Week 2021 (July 12 – July 18), Environment Minister Rebecca Pow is calling...
Environment
Environment
Tamworth potato processor fined over £21,000 for pollution incident that killed over 450 fish
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted Edima Holdings Ltd. – a Tamworth potato processing company – for causing a pollution...
Environment
Southern Water CEO: Previous pollution incidents were 'completely unacceptable'
Southern Water CEO Ian McAulay has said that previous water pollution incidents in his time before joining Southern Water was...
Environment
Record £90 million fine for Southern Water following Environment Agency prosecution
Southern Water has today (July 9) been handed a record £90 million fine after pleading guilty to thousands of illegal...
Agri-Business
Dairy Council NI launches new 3-year Sustainable Dairy Programme
The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland is it to take part in a new three-year sustainable dairy programme. The programme,...
Environment
UFU tells Ag Committee Climate Change Bill 1 would be ‘more detrimental than any trade deal’
Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has slammed targets set in the private member's Climate Change Bill as "complete...
Environment
Natural England launches first round of Discovery Grants for peatland restoration
Natural England has launched the first round of Discovery Grants, as part of the Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme,...
Environment
What does Climate Change Bill (No. 2) have in store for NI?
The first details have emerged of Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture's Climate Change Bill. Referred to in Stormont documents as...
Agri-Business
‘Cows are the new coal’ according to global investor group
A global investor coalition and former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are calling on all G20 nations to disclose specific targets...
Environment
NI’s second Climate Change Bill passes first stage at Stormont
Northern Ireland's second Climate Change Bill has officially passed its First Stage at Stormont. The bill has been drafted by...
Agri-Business
Farm groups commission Climate Change Bill impact assessment report
Northern Ireland's agricultural industry has commissioned an impact assessment report to evaluate how ambitions for Northern Ireland to achieve net-zero...
Dairy
Cow-stomach bacteria could degrade synthetic plastics – study
Bacteria found in the rumen of a cow could help to break down plastics, an Austrian study has found. Cows'...
Environment
The Greenhouse Gas Implementation Partnership looks to the future
The Greenhouse Gas Implementation Partnership (GHGIP), established in 2011, is a Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs...
Agri-Business
Organic farm estate wins top green award for 'incredible' work to become carbon neutral
An organic farm estate has been hailed as a role model after winning a top environmental award for its “incredible”...
Environment
Poots announces 2 further EFS tranches on UFU president’s farm
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots announced he has secured funding for a fifth and sixth tranche of the Environmental...
Agri-Business
NI dairy industry would have to ‘revert to 1946 levels’ to meet net-zero
Northern Ireland's dairy industry would have to be slashed back to production levels last seen in 1946 in order to...
Environment
Climate action must be backed up with the correct policies - NFU
The British arable sector offers many solutions to the climate challenge, but it needs the right policy environment if it...
Environment
NI Agriculture Minister declares war on plastic pollution
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has declared war on plastic pollution, announcing not one, but two initiatives to reduce...
