Northern Ireland continues to reject an Environmental Protection Agency, increasing the risk of damage and going against the will of most political parties.
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Hijackers can frame the innocent in Digital Economy Act
16 May, 2010
The Digital Economy Act will make the targeting of internet users who breach copyright laws more likely. But flaws in technology that allow criminals to hijack Internet connections may wrongly force service suspensions and fines on innocent users.
The defence of journalism and climate science in 2010
15 May, 2010
The behavior of climate scientists and reporters has made a splash in 2010. A climate scientist is suing a newspaper for libel; another has gone to the PCC for action. With the general election approaching, and growing campaigns for libel reform, what legal and moral issues surround such cases?
Bitumen fire sends plumes of smoke across London
11 March, 2010
The border between Shoreditch and the City of London was showered with ash this morning after a fire took hold of a restaurant and office block at about 0400 GMT.
Sewage to be dumped in Ireland’s North Channel
1 February, 2010
A UK water company has been permitted to pump more than a million litres of untreated sewage effluent into the North Channel every day, starting in summer 2011.