THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR WATER…

Is buying bottled water about as green as firing up a million patio heaters? Is our mains supply safe to drink, or is it contaminated with drugs? And can you really demand a restaurant serves you tap water? We sift through the hype…
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Ireland should avoid UK health and safety failures

Ireland should learn from the UK’s mistakes and make its waste industry as safe as possible for workers and the general public, safety experts have warned.
Speaking at the Irish Recycling and Waste Management conference in Dublin, Ray Hipkin, a safety practitioner with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), said there were 27 fatal accidents [...]

U.K. reports new bird flu case

LONDON, February 29 (RIA Novosti) – The deadly H5N1 bird flu strain has been confirmed in another wild bird in Dorset, southern England, agriculture officials said on Friday.
The goose was found dead on February 25 around a mile (1.5 kms) from the site where a case of bird flu was discovered less than a month [...]

Scotland’s seas and wildlife at risk from new fuel exploration

 THERE WILL be blood, and oil will be to blame. Scotland’s seas and the wildlife they harbour are facing one of the biggest threats they have ever encountered.
A massive new search for oil and gas launched by the UK government will put whales, dolphins and other marine life at risk. And it will jeopardise global [...]

Brown set to force supermarkets to charge customers for plastic bags

SHOPS could be forced by law to charge for handing out plastic bags unless they agree to impose the fees voluntarily, the Prime Minister warned yesterday.
In a hard-hitting message to supermarkets and corner shops, Gordon Brown said: “I want to make clear that if government compulsion is needed to make the change, we will take [...]