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Hightown Quarry near Mallusk, Co Antrim, has emerged as the preferred site for a new waste incinerator.

High levels of air pollution are being monitored in Belfast.

A High Court judge has given the go ahead for work to begin on a controversial £100m golf course development near the north coast's Giant's Causeway.

High levels of air pollution have been recorded in parts of Northern Ireland.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has returned its legislative powers over Antarctica, which were accidently transferred to Stormont and the Scottish parliament at devolution.

A third underground nuclear test carried out by North Korea - despite warnings from the international community - has been recorded on seismometers in Dublin and Donegal, it has been revealed.

As a crackdown is launched against dog fouling in west Belfast, owners are being warned that not cleaning up after their pet will result in an £80 on-the-spot fine.

Belfast tea drinkers are being urged to "go green" when it comes to their cuppa and recycle their teabags, as sending them to landfill sites is costing the city up to £76,000 a year.

A million pounds worth of funding has been announced to tackle some of Northern Ireland's eyesores, with Fermanagh set to benefit ahead of the G8 summit.

Over 14 tonnes of toxic waste have been removed from an industrial unit in Co Armagh after HM Revenue and Customs shut down a diesel laundering plant.

Chrissie Hynde's daughter has been arrested while protesting against plans to build a new road through a UK nature spot.

Northern Ireland Water has warned that vandals who have carried out 24 attacks on a Co Down wastewater treatment plant in the past year could end up causing a major environmental incident.

An Irish oil exploration company says that there could be over half a billion barrels of oil under the sea in the Rathlin Sound area, off the north Antrim coast.

U2 frontman Bono has the dubious honour of inspiring the scientific name for a newly identified spider.

Schoolchildren from across Northern Ireland are vying to be the next Vivienne Westwood or Stella McCartney in the world of Junk Kouture.

Legislation has been approved that will see Northern Ireland customers charged five pence for each carrier bag supplied to them by retailers.

A challenge to planning permission being granted for a £100m golf resort near the Giant's Causeway "collapses" over world heritage authority guidelines having no standing in UK law, the High Court has heard.

Environment Minister Alex Attwood acted unreasonably and irrationally in granting planning permission for a new £100m golf resort near the Giant's Causeway, the High Court has heard.

Planning permission has been granted for the first police, prison and fire officer training college in Northern Ireland.

Belfast's oldest and tallest street tree has been saved from the chop after an intervention from the Department of Environment.

A dig at a medieval crannóg in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh has been extended by three months, the Environment minister has confirmed.

One in four people in Northern Ireland have admitted to throwing out at least one unwanted gift this Christmas, a poll by retailer Marks & Spencer has found.

Environment Minister Alex Attwood has refused planning permission for the construction of a major incinerator on the shores of Lough Neagh, it has been confirmed.

A £44m plan to upgrade Northern Ireland's electricity network to allow more wind farms to connect to the grid has been provisionally approved by the Utility Regulator.

Environment Minister Alex Attwood said the safety of a controversial technique to extract gas from the ground is still in question.

The tree disease ash dieback has been found in five sites in counties Antrim and Down, which resulted in the destruction of around 5,000 saplings.

There was a resounding voice of opposition at a gathering to discuss the creation of a National Park in the Causeway Coast and Antrim Glens area on Wednesday.

Ashfield Girls' High School has become the first in Northern Ireland to embrace a new scheme which turns chewing gum into mobile phone covers.

Further restrictions on importing ash trees have been imposed by Forestry Minister Michelle O'Neill to prevent the spread of ash dieback.

UK and Ireland airlines are hoping to resume flights to and from storm-lashed New York today.

Over half a million pounds has been allocated to tackle dereliction in Londonderry ahead of its year as UK City of Culture.

Environment Minister Alex Attwood has established a dedicated marine division to look after Northern Ireland's coastal waters.

The European Union is providing £14m to help build a new cross-border bridge at Narrow Water.

Thousands of TV sets have been dropped off at Belfast's recycling centres in the past two weeks as the digital switchover date looms.

A £50m retail development that will restore listed buildings at the historic Castlebawn site in Newtownards has been approved by Environment Minister Alex Attwood.