The Government has also admitted it is two years behind schedule in developing River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) to improve standards, and that targets to achieve better quality have been missed

The energy, mineral and chemical industry sectors reported the largest quantity of pollutant releases in 2013, figures published by the Environmental Protection Agency show.

The UK is one of several countries around the world that has enacted legislation to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, we present top-down emissions
of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) for the UK and Ireland over the period August 2012 to August 2014. These emissions were inferred using measurements from a network of four sites around the two countries. We used a hierarchical Bayesian inverse framework to infer fluxes as well as a set of covariance parameters that describe uncertainties in the system.

The Government is to consider a new lead strategy for drinking water.

Some €360 million needs to be spent within the next six years on infrastructure to manage and regulate the waste of just over half the population of the State, according to a new waste plan for the

A Belfast packaging firm has said it is responsible for a pollution spill that caused the Blackstaff river to turn red.

A total of 94 per cent of Irish bathing waters are meeting stricter new EU standards, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said.

German insurers are likely to face damage claims of around 750 million euros ($808 million) from windstorm "Niklas", which struck the country on March 31, insurance trade body GDV said on Monday.

Europe will take a step closer towards a low-carbon power grid as Ireland starts work on a viable energy storage system in the coming weeks.

Ireland has become the first country in Europe to ban branded cigarette packets.

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