Energy and Environment
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Housing Executive helping householders meet energy challenges
2020 has proved to be a challenging year for us all. Despite the difficulties we have all had to face,…
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Brexit and the all-island electricity market
The Withdrawal Agreement’s inclusion of the Northern Ireland Protocol offered some security to the continued operation of the all-island electricity…
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The future of heat
The pandemic’s effect of lowering oil prices globally has created further barriers in ambitions to decarbonise heat in Northern Ireland,…
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EU review Renewables and Energy Efficiency Directives
The European Commission has launched a review of its Energy Efficiency and Renewables Directives. The European Green Deal set out…
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Northern Ireland’s renewable transition
Northern Ireland is squandering its position as a global leader in renewable energy, writes Patrick Keatley, lecturer in Energy Policy…
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Climate action: Guidance needed
agendaNi assesses the latest environmental figures in the absence of a new Programme for Government, expected to include key actions…
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Environmental policy: the EU’s perspective
Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director for Implementation, Governance and Semester in the European Commissions Directorate General for Environment, discusses how a multifaceted…
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How to engage the public on climate
Diarmuid Torney, Associate Professor in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University (DCU) outlines findings from analysis done…
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Compost key to carbon sequestration: Are biological methods the future of farming?
With the demand to grow food production ever further, Northern Ireland agriculture is under increasing pressure to hit challenging productivity…
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Waste performance
Almost half of waste collected by local authorities in Northern Ireland was sent for reuse, dry recycling and composting during…
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