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Green issues plummet at summit

Green activists have strongly criticised heads of state and government for failing to put concrete sums on the table to help developing countries combat climate change at their meeting this month....

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Do as I say, not as I do!

The headquarters of the Whitehall department responsible for tackling climate change has been given a poor assessment by a Government energy efficiency inspector, it emerged this month. The

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Pollution guidance under revision

Northern Ireland's construction and demolition industry is being asked to help revise pollution prevention guidance.

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) is...

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Company skipped compliance

A Belfast skip company has been fined a total of £20,000 this month for breaches of waste management legislation. Sean McStravick, director of Colin Glen Contractors (also trading as CG Skips), of...

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For aghanloo industrial estate read ahenloo

A Limavady businessman claims his workers were forced to move from their offices at the Aghanloo Industrial Estate, outside Limavady because of the unbearable smell of nearby hen manure.

San...

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Gypsum, tramps and thieves

Important changes have been made to the management of gypsum waste. These changes aim to minimise the production of the odorous gas, hydrogen sulphide, at landfill.

The landfilling of gypsu...

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Budget more beige than green

The Government has formally pledged to cut global warming emissions by one third in just over a decade, making the UK the first country in the world to set legally binding targets.

The Budge...

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Miliband comes clean over coal

The Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband, has announced that any new generation of coal-fired power stations in the UK will have their carbon emissions partially captured by cutting-edg...

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EU set out climate and energy package

The EU's council of ministers this month adopted the final legal texts of the energy and climate change package of legislation negotiated by Member States in December last year. The new legislatio...

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Criminal Protection Service brings first corporate manslaughter charge

A company has become the first in the UK to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

The Crown Prosecution Service have authorised...

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Pie factory explosion

One man has died and six others have been injured in an explosion at Andrew Jones Pies factory in Huddersfield this month. Police said a total of seven employees were working in the building at th...

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HSE NI advise lorry loads can wheely hurt

A Northern Ireland manufacturer, SDC Trailers, has been fined £5,900, after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches relating to unsecured lorry loads, contrary to the Heal...

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Farm free of bug

An open farm which closed this month amid concerns over E.coli has now reopened. Five people who tested positive for the infection in recent weeks had visited, or had an association, with the Stre...

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Constructing excellence

A £15m construction project to remake Banbridge Academy is being heralded as an example of best practice in health and safety in Northern Ireland.

John Graham (Dromore) Ltd is trialling a n...

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Risk takers floored

The flooring firm, Amtico, has been fined £75,000 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety rules. Coventry Crown Court heard that at the time of the incident, there were no guards to s...

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