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Day: 17 September 2009

Korean water discharge ‘unavoidable’

South Korea appears to have accepted its northern neighbour's explanation that a sudden and unplanned release of water from a dam, which claimed several lives, was unavoidable.

Most NI people ‘prepared to alter lifestyle’ to avert climate change

A national survey looking at public attitudes towards climate change in Northern Ireland suggests that most people accept that it is, at least in part, a man-made problem and the vast majority claim they are prepared to make changes to their lives in order to tackle it.

Land use lessons of the past could help in future

The time-honoured tradition of coppicing could give offer best of both worlds, providing biofuel to cut carbon emissions and a helpful haven for wildlife, say researchers.

£6m to help North West builders go greener

Construction companies in the North West of England can tap into free resources to help them improve their environmental performance - and that of the buildings they are working on.

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