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UFU Deputy President John McLenaghan. Picture: Cliff Donaldson

UFU insists that food production and climate action must be balanced

Susan O’Neill, Admin and Client Support officer and Ann Walsh, Chairperson of Lilac Cancer Support Group. The group has received a £39,574 grant from The National Lottery Community Fund’s Sustainable Community Buildings programme, to make environmental improvements to their hub in Coalisland, to save them money on bills and reduce carbon emissions.

Community groups saving £2.2 million through environmental improvements

Linda Rukin and her family with their herd of Swaledale sheep on their farm in Swaledale

Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers Group wins Heritage Fund Award

Using digital scripts on film set (photo: Adobe)

Going green: ‘albert’ bringing green issues into sharp focus

Premier Woodlands' managing director: John Hetherington

Welcome for re-opening of woodland scheme

Partners pictured at the launch of this year's Active Travel Challenge

Campaigners drive home green message with annual Active Travel Challenge

Joanna Lumley .(Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Going Green: Think about helping the planet on Valentine’s Day

Problem of discarded inhalers (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Inhaler disposal causes environmental blight

A bowl of porridge is very healthy and has a really low carbon footprint. Photo: Adobe

Going Green:

Europa or "Jupiter II" is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, with this moon orbiting at about 417,000 miles from the gas giant.

A huge carbon source has been found on Europa

Coldplay performs at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images

Going Green: Musicians can help in tackling climate change

Students in the Netherlands have built a 3D printed car that is fully electric and removes carbon dioxide from the air.

Students build fully electric car that removes carbon dioxide from air

Lumen metabolism measuring device and app

Lumen: can the metabolism measuring device help you lose weight?

Seeing the sights on foot can help to cut your carbon footprint when travelling (photo: Adobe)

Ten tips for tourists to cut their carbon footprint

The average motorist leaves their car running for 244 minutes every winter – gen...

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn
The food and drink system could be brought ‘to its knees’ by the price surge
Sophie Wills

Omagh based accountant Seamus McCaffrey

Tax benefits of electric vehicles

Premier Woodlands' managing director John Hetherington

Fast growing conifers play a key role in sequestering CO2

Eco-friendly labels (photo: adobe)

Going Green - Many things are labelled eco-friendly but can we trust them all?

Welsh farmer Gareth Wyn Jones on GB News

‘We are on the brink - We are sleepwalking into food shortages’ warns Gareth Wyn...

Can we carbon off-set flights? (photo: phaisarnwong2517 - stock.adobe.com)

Going Green: Can we off-set our carbon footprint if we board flights?

Dairy supply chain efficiencies are helping to tackle climate change

The average Brit will do approximately 13,000 loads of laundry in their lifetime...

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NI milk production emissions have decreased over the last 19 years

Halogen light bulbs will be banned from sale in the UK from 1 October (Photo: Shutterstock)

Halogen bulbs will be banned in UK from October - and could cost £100 to replace

Overall food prices have risen by 0.2% during the last year - but prices for individual food groups are up to 13.4 higher

20 food and drink items with the biggest price hikes in the past 12 months

Pig farmer Trevor Shields from Killkeel does not believe politicians have been listening to the threats facing the sector. Jonathan Porter/PressEye.com

Worker shortage threatens pig cull: Politicians are not listening says farmer
A leading pig farmer says he has been lobbying politicians for up to three months about critical labour shortages overwhelming the sector, but that politicians are “more interested in other things”.
Philip Bradfield

Empty shelves in the meat aisle of a branch of Tesco in Liverpool on Tuesday September 21. Shoppers will start noticing shortages within days as a result of the crisis in carbon dioxide (CO2) supply, a food industry chief has warned. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Concerns that food shortages caused by CO2 crisis could hit NI

Labour and C02 shortages potentially ‘crippling’ for agri-food sector

Rising energy prices have disrupted the production of C02, a gas critical to the production and transport of meat, bread, beer and more (Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Why is there a shortage of CO2 gas in the UK - and how it’s used in food product...

Government confirms E10 petrol will become standard despite risks to older cars:...

Fuelling A Greener Future with Environmental Partnership: Launching the new environmental partnership are Dianne Keys, Operations Leader, The Conservation Volunteers, Michael McKinstry, Chief Executive, Phoenix Natural Gas, Debbie Adams, NI & Scotland Regional Director, The Conservation Volunteers and Sissy Borchert, Volunteer, The Conservation Volunteers. Find out more about the partnership at: www.phoenixnaturalgas.com.

Fuelling a greener future with conservation partnership

Home beer dispensers

Home beer dispensers: recreate the pub at home with these draught beer machines

Michael Scott MD firmus.

Firmus invests £2.3m in Craigavon during 2020

Plug-in hybrids ‘10 times more polluting than claimed’, says campaign group

Electric cars FAQ: frequently asked questions about EVs - from how much they cos...

Rise of the SUV is pushing up CO2 emissions despite tough new targets

Volvo XC60 B4 hybrid review

Calls to ban SUV advertising to meet climate targets

Suzuki Across SUV plug-in hybrid revealed as part of Toyota tie-up

Mitsubishi brings back free miles for hybrid buyers

Porsche 911 Targa - Stuttgart lifts the lid on latest open-top model

Toyota Highlander adds new seven-seat SUV to brand’s UK line-up

Kia Soul EV review - at the heart of the electric revolution

Car tax changes will add £1,000 to the price of some models from next month

New cars emitting more CO2 than older models, warns Which?

Would you want a compost funeral? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Compost funerals could become an alternative for human cremation as they’re bett...

Mitsubishi offers Outlander PHEV buyers 10,000 miles of free electric motoring

Lab-grown food ‘made from air

Modified peatland loses considerable quantities of dissolved organic carbon which gives drainage water the distinctive peaty brown colour. Where peatland is part of a drinking water catchment this has to be removed at considerable cost to render water safe for drinking. Queens University students are monitoring the water quality of Glenwherry open moorland to compare with the forestry plots before and after peatland restoration.

Peatland restoration at Glenwherry could save up to 250 tones of CO2

Red meat under more pressure

Well known journalist Richard Halleron from Farming Life is pictured before the Northern Bank Pre-Winter Fair dinner in Belfast this week with Hilary Dawson and John Henning from Northern Bank .PICTURE STEVEN MCAULEY/KEVIN MCAULEY PHOTOGRAPHY MULTIMEDIA

Trees could be a win:win scenario

Well known journalist Richard Halleron from Farming Life is pictured before the Northern Bank Pre-Winter Fair dinner in Belfast this week with Hilary Dawson and John Henning from Northern Bank .PICTURE STEVEN MCAULEY/KEVIN MCAULEY PHOTOGRAPHY MULTIMEDIA

COMMENT: Carbon trading is the real driver for local landowners

Gareth Bell, Genus ABS and Gordon Reid, Banbridge, discussing the quality of last years silage treated with Powertsart Instant

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