Official figures have shown that drivers of work vehicles have borne the brunt of the smoking ban introduced last year by the Smoke-free (Premises, Vehicle Operators and Penalty Notices) Regulation...
Northern Ireland will not have an independent "green" watchdog, Environment Minister Arlene Foster has said. Instead, the Environmental Heritage Service (EHS) will be re-br...
A leading US hard-disc manufacturer, Seagate Technology Media (Ireland) Ltd, has been fined £6,000 after pleading guilty to discharging toxic chemicals into a Londonderry sewerage system.
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Bombardier Aerospace in Belfast has said it is joining a research programme to help produce "green aircraft". It is one of 16 companies in the UK taking part in developing new wings.
The £1...
Northern Ireland Water Ltd have been fined £5,000 for pollution offences after an inspector, acting on behalf of the Environment and Heritage Service...
There have been a number of successful prosecutions this month for breaches of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order SI 1999/662.
In the first case, Dunbia (Northern Ire...
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have merged to form a single national regulatory body also called th...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned of the dangers of allowing cranes to operate over the heads of employees. This followed the prosecution of a Liverpool-base...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning about live electricity cables after a contractor, SP Power Systems, was fined £32,000 plus £15,000 in costs over a...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has this month warned businesses to make sure that workers and contractors are properly trained to carry out risk assessments and opera...
A college has been fined a total of £32,000 after failing to ensure the safety of a lecturer, who suffered severe burns when an acid mix exploded over him. Gary Baird was showered with the dangero...
Ofwat is to fine Severn Trent Water £35.8 million for deliberately providing false information and offering poor customer service.
The water industry regulator is fining the company £34.7 mi...
A careless driver who failed to drop contaminated metal into a container has landed a waste firm with a £35,000 fine.
Magistrates heard that a white liquid seeped from the heap of metal turn...
The tax councils pay to dump rubbish in landfill sites is rising sharply. The cost went up on 1 April 2008 by £8 a ton, to £32, and will rise to almost £50 a ton over the next three years.
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A firm making food flavourings has been fined £20,000 for flouting waste recycling laws, following a routine visit by Environment Agency inspectors. Under the Producer Resp...
