Minister Lyons delivers successful heritage revival project in Coleraine

Date published: 21 May 2026 Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has visited Coleraine Town Hall to see the Heritage Guide, one of almost 90 projects supported last year through his Department’s Historic Environment Fund. The Minister said:  “In 2025-26, I committed almost £800,000 for heritage projects across Northern Ireland. Coleraine Heritage Guide is just one example, reflecting…

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MRECo Drops First Anchor for Ocean Innovation Network

The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) has successfully deployed a SOFAR Spotter Buoy at the newly established Cuttyhunk Test Range. This marks a key milestone as the first in-water technology deployment within Massachusetts’ Ocean Innovation Network. This deployment represents a major step forward in expanding real-world ocean testing capacity for marine technology companies and researchers….

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How a suckler farmer works in harmony with environment

Cornish farmer Jonathan Chapman has shaped his suckler herd to work in harmony with the natural environment, building a system that balances productivity with sustainability. Farming 350ha (865 acres) alongside his father, Peter, about one-third of the land at Atlantic Angus, Cornwall, is poorer-quality ground, including 28ha (69 acres) of priority habitat Culm pasture. Rather…

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SpaceX is poised to go public and test the latest version of its massive Starship rocket amidst criticism about its environmental impact

SpaceX is proceeding with two major milestones with consequences that could be, at a minimum, global. The company, owned by Elon Musk and valued at upwards of US$1.5 trillion, released its financial details on May 20, 2026 in advance of an IPO scheduled for June 12 and anticipated to be the largest in history. Meanwhile,…

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Interactions Between Offshore Wind Farms and Fisheries in European Waters

The NMPF requires that OWF development avoid, minimize, or mitigate significant impacts on fisheries and promote coexistence, defined as multiple activities operating in the same area or at the same time. Drawing on a 12-year dataset covering 88 OWFs, BIM, and Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Galway applied a spatiotemporal modeling framework to assess how fishing…

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