More than two tonnes of semolina fell on a seaside town this month after a factory silo overfilled, malfunctioned and blasted the grain into the air, covering the streets of Great Yarmouth in a whi...
Northern Ireland's local daily papers are seeking a judicial review over changes to the publication of planning notices. In October, the Department of the Environment (DoE)...
A network of authorised treatment facilities (ATFs) has now been established across Northern Ireland to deal with scrap vehicles that come under the End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive
Down District Council have demonstrated their commitment to renewable energy, by implementing a new renewable energy project. They have engaged a local renewable energy company - B9 Organic Energy...
A two day hearing began this month, of a legal challenge to plans for an asbestos storage site in County Antrim. Residents of Crumlin, who have mounted a long-running campaign against the site, wer...
A farmer from County Tyrone has been fined a total of £4,622 for a series of pollution offences. Mr Ernest Buchanan of Drumclamph Road, Castlederg pleaded guilty at Strabene Magistrates Court for t...
The much anticipated Control of Asbestos Regulations SI 2006/2739 have been issued and will come into force on 13 November 2006. The revised provisions will strengthen overa...
This month, the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has approved the proposed revised Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and the Approved Code of Practice for f...
British Nuclear Group (BNG), the operator of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant, were fined £500,000 on 16 October 2006, following a radioactive leak. 83,000 litres of acid containing 20 ton...
An overly slippery floor surface at Kentucky Fried Chicken Ltds Hereford outlet, has landed the company with a conviction, having pleaded guilty to two charges under the Workplace (Health, Safety a...
The Chief Executive of Sustainability Northwest has hit out at the Environment Agency for its "confusing" guidance over the recycling of televisions and waste electrical ite...
A farmer who tried to blame his dead father for the old fridges and hazardous waste dumped on his land, has been ordered to pay £27,744 in fines and costs. The tenant of Ashley Farm, near Ringwood...
An Environment Agency report has stated that a national water grid pumping water from the North to South East England, would cost up to £15 billion and cause a considerable...
California has passed tough new legislation this month to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The deal reached by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democrats, which defied the opposition of his fell...
It has been reported that as many as 1.5 million cars are being scrapped illegally across Britain every year, which is presenting a major environmental hazard. Thousands of tonnes of toxic waste is...
