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Litter a primary concern for hard-working kids of Parkhall

It will take 500 years for 546 pieces of rubbish unearthed at a Co Antrim school to break down.
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Inside Environment

Steve Connor: Climate change scandals are embarrassing but don't alter the facts

Saturday, 6 February 2010

It was supposed to have been a small side event at the Copenhagen climate conference but it quickly turned into an ugly slanging match that eventually had to be resolved by burly security guards escorting one of the protagonists from the room.
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Geothermal energy: Ballymena to feel the heat

Friday, 5 February 2010

St Patrick would have been astounded. The same geological fault that produced Slemish Mountain where our patron saint once cared for his flocks looks set to provide cheap heat for the entire town of Ballymena.
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Poots gives historic mill reprieve from demolition

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Part of a historic Co Down mill has been ‘spot listed’ by Environment Minister Edwin Poots to protect it from possible demolition.
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Lifeline for Foyle ferry as funding package is agreed

Thursday, 4 February 2010

The immediate future of the north west cross-border ferry from Magilligan to Greencastle has been secured after Limavady Borough Council agreed to share funding with Donegal.
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Ballymena going green with carbon neutral network

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Ballymena is bidding to become Northern Ireland’s first carbon neutral town thanks to an innovative new scheme to heat homes and businesses using energy from beneath the earth’s crust.
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Children say Neagh to lough litter

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Lough Neagh is as likely to harbour traffic cones and rogue socks as ducks and pike — or so the pupils of Antrim Grammar School have discovered.
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Scientist: data on climate is correct

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

The scientist at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ controversy last night broke his silence to defend himself against claims that he covered up flawed data about rising world temperaturs.
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Invasion of the killer mussels from Russia

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Alien mussels from southern Russia, are invading fresh territory across Northern Ireland and their strongholds are our lakes and rivers.
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Plastic ‘bags for life’ add to litter problem

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

According to Friends of the Earth, every household has 80 plastic bags, including ‘bags for life’, in their possession that end up in the bin.
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PM hails Gordon Brown emissions 'turning point'

Monday, 1 February 2010

Pledges to cut emissions mark the "first steps towards a historic transformation" in the fight against global warming, Gordon Brown has said.
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Fusion power: Pivotal step towards sustainable clean energy

Monday, 1 February 2010

A pivotal step in the march towards fusion power, the ‘Holy Grail’ of sustainable clean energy, could be taken this year.
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Climate is Northern Ireland's biggest environmental concern

Friday, 29 January 2010

Climate change has become the biggest environmental concern for the Northern Ireland public — as it emerged that temperatures have risen by 1.5C since the 20th century.
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Lough funding runs dry

Friday, 22 January 2010

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency is under fire after pulling the plug on the body that manages the UK’s biggest lake.
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Why would anyone want to kill this cute little chap?

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Environmentalists are operating a colour bar. They don't like the migrant squirrel which came to Ireland in the last century and which thrives here.
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Law bids to curb ‘monster’ hedges

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

If your neighbour’s monster hedge is blocking out what little sun you get -- help is on the way.
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Couple go green to pay for wedding

Sunday, 10 January 2010

Love for each other and the environment - and creative thriftiness - have prompted a Spokane couple to collect aluminum cans to help pay for their wedding.
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Birds surviving on wing and a prayer during cold snap

Friday, 8 January 2010

Northern Ireland’s wild birds are living on borrowed time as they struggle to find food in the cold snap, the RSPB has warned.
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Farmers demand Lough Erne water level is reduced

Friday, 8 January 2010

Farmers hit by devastating floods have called for the Government to take action to reduce high water levels in Lough Erne.
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Car pollution must be cut by half in 15 years: report

Wednesday, 6 January 2010

The volume of emissions from road traffic must be halved by 2025 if Northern Ireland is to meet its climate change targets, official predictions have revealed.
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Northern Ireland Water fined £500 for polluting river

Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Northern Ireland Water has admitted polluting a Co Down river after the sewage system was blocked.
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