The Community Energy Fortnight hopes to raise awareness of renewable energy projects this September. As part of the national event, Drumlin Wind Energy Co-operative is holding...
Mark Durkan, environmental minister for Northern Ireland, has warned against fracking in Co Fermanagh, or anywhere in the country, unless it is proven to be adequately...
Campaigners say the government should have acted sooner to stop the increase on plastic bag use with figures showing UK supermarkets gave out 8.3 billion bags...
The UK’s Green Investment Bank has announced a £6.5 million funding for two anaerobic digestion plants in Northern Ireland to help farmers get clean energy from...
A shopper in Belfast has found a note allegedly written by a Chinese prison worker who claims to have forcedly worked 15 hours to make clothes...
Killing only infected badgers to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB) could be as ineffective as culling large numbers, because the remaining animals are likely...
A new study has suggested that offshore renewable energy projects such as wind farms can help certain marine species to thrive, offering novel habitats to creatures...
The Woodland Trust has launched a project to create new areas of woodland as a reminder of the first world war, which began 100 years ago...
Strong winds and heavy rain have returned to the UK, causing flooding and travel disruption for the second time in a week. The Met Office has...
Strong winds and heavy rain continue to batter the UK, causing severe disruption to Christmas travel plans across the country. Three people have died in the...
Solid wall homes from the 1950s could become more energy efficient if new research, which is set to be tested in Northern Ireland, is successful. The...
A new report by tax and auditing firm KPMG says that one in five workers in the UK are being paid less than the living wage,...
Only one in five children in the UK has a “realistic and achievable” connection to the natural world, a three-year study by the Royal Society for...
Wales has become the first nation in the UK to recycle more than half of its waste, new figures have revealed. Alun Davies, the Welsh government...
The Lake District became the second national park in the UK in 1951, just weeks after the Peak District was named the first. At 885 square...