Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy officially opened a new state-of-the-art upgraded wastewater treatment works in Dundrum this month. The new Northern Ireland Water (NIW) facility, which i...
With the approval of the UK's Climate Change Bill fast approaching, it has raised the question as to whether Northern Ireland needs its own specific climate change legislation. The introduction of...
County Tyrone chicken product processors Moy Park Ltd were fined £6,000 on 24 October 2007 at Craigavon Magistrates' Court, for two water pollution offences.
These offences first came to li...
The transport industry continues to have one of the worst records for major injuries as a result of falls from vehicles during the loading and unloading of goods. Figures released by the
As readers of our Monthly Bulletins, you will no doubt have noticed over the course of the year that cases of accidents at work involving forklift trucks have been on the increase. In 2007 alone,...
An in-depth investigation is currently underway into the death of a worker at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pembrokeshire. Seven men were rescued in the incident at South Hook LNG in Mi...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned construction companies of the dangers of using improvised procedures when dismantling heavy machinery. The warning follows t...
A ban on the storing of fireworks at a Sussex depot which had been in place following an explosion which killed two fire service workers in December 2006, has this month been lifted. This is despit...
It has been reported this month that poor safety practices from a cook caused a series of explosions while he was refuelling a petrol generator in his kebab van. Diners in the early hours fled for...
Waste management licences and pollution prevention controls are set to be restructured to cut the cost and burden of red tape for businesses, the Government have announced with the publication of t...
Environment Minister Joan Ruddock has this month set out proposals for a consultation which means that more packaging will be recovered and recycled. If the proposed measures are successful, new bu...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced that proposals aimed at reducing the 109 million tonnes of waste produced annually on constructi...
Up to £25 million is to be spent on retrieving the most dangerous radioactive particles that escaped from the Dounreay nuclear plant in Scotland 40 years ago, and are now embedded in the seabed. Hu...
From this month, car washing businesses will now have no excuse for allowing run-off to pollute waterways after the Environment Agency published new good-practice guidance....
Plans for the world's biggest wave energy project were today given the green light by ministers. The £4 million project located in Orkney, Scotland, will deliver enough power for 2,000 homes using...
