Minister Michelle Gildernew MP MLA has urged farmers to remain vigilant against the continuing Bluetongue risk and to avoid importing potentially infected stock.
The Minister said, "It is vi...
Talks between eight emerging economies and the G8 nations have resulted in a "shared vision" on climate change. However, no definite agreements have been announced at the Japanese G8 summit, only...
A legislative resolution on a new Waste Directive has now been issued. It sets out the final text of the proposed Directive, ahead of its actual adoption. In particular, the new Directive will have...
It has been a busy period over the last month for new guidance. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have published their much promised announ...
It has been revealed this month that Britain is failing to meet key European Union targets on battery recycling. Directive 2006/66/EC, on batteries and accumulators and was...
A record number of industrial sites, involving well-known companies such as Shanks, Ineos, Scottish Power and Lafarge, have been named and shamed by the Scottish Environment Pro...
A range of measures to strengthen and modernise environmental regulation in Northern Ireland have been announced following the launch of the new Northern Ireland Environment Age...
Actions by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DoE NI) to tackle water pollution have come under fire as figures reveal that incidents are much more like...
A County Down primary school has become the first building in the UK to be awarded the top grade in a Government energy efficiency scheme. Victoria Primary School in Ballyhalbert achieved an 'A' i...
Provisional figures issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show a small drop in workplace fatalities in Great Britain, with 228 workers losing their lives as a resu...
HP Bulmer and water treatment contractor Nalco have each been fined £350,000 for a Legionella outbreak at the cider maker's Hereford mill in 2003, in which two people died. The outbreak was traced...
An international building materials company has been fined £200,000 following an incident in which a quarry worker fell into an electric fan.
The employee, who had worked at the quarry for...
A ban on smoking in public places in England has been hailed a health and compliance success, one year after its introduction. On 1 July 2007, England became the final part of the UK to introduce...
Councils in Great Britain are starting to join a campaign hoping to bust "myths" about Health and Safety. They have signed up to ten principles of sensible risk management outlining what is, and wh...
An investigation is currently underway after a farmer was killed on Monday 7 July 2008 when he was crushed between his tractor and a "link box" trailer. The father-of-four, believed to be in his 40...
