N.Ireland
Tyrone farm business fined for water pollution
A Co. Tyrone farm business has been fined in court for water pollution. Hillside Dairy Farms Ltd., Camderry Road, Dromore,...
Environment
N.Ireland
Machinery: Ramping up diesel production from biomass
Mineral-oil-based fuels suffer a good deal of bad publicity, but the government’s enthusiasm for batteries as a universal method of...
N.Ireland
Court: Farmer pleads guilty to water pollution causing fish kill
A Co. Down farmer has pleaded guilty in court to a water pollution incident which resulted in a fish kill...
Environment
Natural England seeks views on 5,000ha Shropshire nature reserve extension
Natural England is seeking the views of people in Shropshire on a proposed 5,000ha extension to the Stiperstones National Nature...
Environment
Devon farm fined over £4k for polluting watercourse with slurry
Bycott Farm Ltd of Halberton, Devon, has been fined a total of £4,300 for charges related to polluting a watercourse...
N.Ireland
Man fined £50,000 for destroying historic lime kiln structures
A Co. Antrim landowner has been fined £50,000 for destroying historic lime kiln structures, according to the Police Service of...
N.Ireland
Barn owls in Down defy the odds with surprise winter brood
A pair of barn owls has surprised and shocked conservationists in Co. Down with the arrival of an extremely late...
N.Ireland
DAERA announces £1.6m in funding for agri-food projects
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced new co-funding awards for agri-food and environmental projects totalling...
Environment
New climate centres set to focus on agri-food and biodiversity
Two new research co-centres for climate change set to begin works in January will focus on sustainable agri-food and biodiversity...
Environment
Canadian gov announces methane reduction incentive
The government of Canada has announced a methane reduction incentive published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The initiative was...
Agri-Business
Joint project launched to collect global data on fertiliser
A global fertiliser consumption joint project has been announced by the International Fertilizer Association and agri benchmark. Agri benchmark Cash...
Environment
COP28: Agreement to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels
Almost 200 nations have agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems” at the 28th United Nations (UN)...
Government
Unlimited pollution fines for companies introduced
Companies who pollute the environment can be hit with unlimited fines from the Environment Agency from today (Monday, December 11)....
Environment
Copernicus: 2023 set to be warmest year on record
2023 looks set to be the warmest year on record according to the latest data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service...
N.Ireland
Survey to assess ecological state of NI countryside – DAERA
A comprehensive field survey is assessing the ecological state of Northern Ireland’s countryside, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
Environment
FAO at COP28: ‘We have to produce more with less’
Food security and climate change are interlinked and global agri-food systems are the climate solution, the Director-General of the Food...
Beef
Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef attends COP28
Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) leaders are attending COP28 to discuss how sustainable beef production can contribute to mitigating...
Environment
New government climate package puts 'nature at the forefront'
The UK government has today (Wednesday, November 29) announced a new climate change package of initiatives, which puts “nature at...
