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  • Antrim anglers angry at persistent pollution
  • Assembly urged to work on water
  • Top polluters uncovered
  • Alarm grows over climate review
  • DOE ill-prepared for introduction of new landfill regime which will force closure of many sites
  • DOE moves to silence its critics after fourth damning report on its failure to handle NI's waste crisis
  • Environmental Protection Agency inquiry
  • Environmental Protection Agency moves a step closer
  • Europe acts on Crown Immunity
  • Europe challenges NI on Crown Immunity
  • Friends of the Earth welcomes limit to rural housing
  • Government in court over sewage pollution
  • Government receives formal warning on waste
  • Government's 'significant compromise' on environmental protection revealed
  • Green groups launch postcard campaign demanding new environment watchdog
  • Hain offers chance of the good life
  • High Court victory in Northern Ireland sewage hotspots case
  • Kilroot - official complaint to Europe
  • New planning guide launched
  • New septic tank pollution stats underline need for ban on 'bungalow blight'
  • Northern Ireland shirks responsibility on climate change
  • Planning for the environment in Northern Ireland
  • Waste Management Strategy - incineration should be ruled out

Archived press releases

2006

27 Feb -
Government in court over sewage pollution

28 Feb -
Government's 'significant compromise' on environmental protection revealed

28 Feb -
Environmental Protection Agency moves a step closer

16 Mar -
Friends of the Earth welcomes limit to rural housing

23 Mar -
DOE moves to silence its critics after fourth damning report on its failure to handle NI's waste crisis

27 Mar -
Alarm grows over climate review

28 Mar -
Northern Ireland shirks responsibility on climate change

30 Mar -
Waste Management Strategy - incineration should be ruled out

4 Apr -
Kilroot - official complaint to Europe

10 Apr -
New planning guide launched

12 Apr -
Environmental Protection Agency inquiry

9 May -
Hain offers chance of the good life

19 May -
Planning for the environment in Northern Ireland

23 May -
New septic tank pollution stats underline need for ban on 'bungalow blight'

1 Jun -
Government receives formal warning on waste

26 Jun -
Europe challenges NI on Crown Immunity

28 Jun -
High Court victory in Northern Ireland sewage hotspots case

5 Jul -
DOE ill-prepared for introduction of new landfill regime which will force closure of many sites

26 Oct -
Assembly urged to work on water

6 Nov -
Antrim anglers angry at persistent pollution

10 Nov -
Europe acts on Crown Immunity

23 Nov -
Green groups launch postcard campaign demanding new environment watchdog

27 Nov -
Top polluters uncovered

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