Ulster Farm By-Products, the animal rendering operation near Glenavy in County Antrim, has been fined a total of £35,000 plus court costs at the Lisburn Magistrates Court. The company pleaded guilty to seven offences associated with offensive odours that occurred between 25th August 2010 and 28th February 2011. The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) regulates … Read more
More bus routes across London are set to benefit from vehicles fitted with innovative technology to reduce pollution. In addition, a second 140 sq m green wall is to be installed in central London helping to trapharmful road transport emissions. Transport for London (TfL) has been trialling two types of technology that is fitted to … Read more
The EPA has published information on Ireland’s position in relation to meeting its 2010 obligations under the National Emissions Ceilings Directive (NEC Directive). The figures show the trends for four key air pollutants over the period 1990 to 2010. These pollutants are sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOC) and ammonia (NH3) … Read more
High-Volume trailer will boost economy, reduce congestion and cut emissions 20% increase in volume while still meeting current weight limits Transport and distribution specialist Eddie Stobart has made the first-ever UK delivery using its new high-volume Envirotrailer under new regulations introduced to boost the economy, cut congestion and slash carbon emissions from the industry. The … Read more
Boeing will be landing its Dreamliner aircraft, which features smart technologies, at Dublin Airport today at 9pm. The plane will leave Ireland again on Friday. The Boeing visit is coinciding with the European Airfinance Conference that’s being held in Dublin this week. According to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), the Dreamliner will be parked in … Read more
New research, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, has detected a sustained energy surplus in Earth’s climate and warming below the sea surface since 2000 that is consistent with the continued build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Despite an apparent slow down in the rate of global surface warming over the last decade, … Read more
Star Refrigeration has supplied a bespoke plant for HVAC cooling at the London offices of a global investment bank. The existing refrigeration plant at the firm¹s client administration centre in the City’s Square Mile was due for replacement. The plant operated on R22, an ozone-depleting HCFC refrigerant currently being phased out by EU regulations. Working … Read more
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.1pc to 61.64m tonnes in 2010 according to new figures from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The figures reveal that greenhouse gas emissions fell in the transport and waste sectors but increased in the agriculture, energy, industry and commercial, and residential sectors. Agriculture remains the single largest contributor to overall emissions, at 30.4pc of the total, … Read more
University College Cork (UCC) is truly Ireland’s green university, a fact testified by being declared in fourth position in the UI World Green Metric University Rankings. UCC beat off stiff opposition from 178 universities worldwide, renowned for their environmental credentials, to attain this outstanding achievement. The award was based on information submitted by universities around … Read more
Teagasc is to launch a carbon-counting software programme that will enable farmers to rate themselves against the most carbon efficient farms in the country. The Carbon Navigator, which is currently in prototype form, is aimed at calculating how carbon efficient individual dairy farms are. The software allows farmers to identify aspects of farm management that … Read more