26/08/2010Reduction in plastic bag use good news for the environmentUlster Unionist MLA Roy Beggs has welcomed the news that the number of single-use plastic bags has been significantly reduced this year according to the department of the environment.
20/08/2010Public Enquiry welcomedUlster Unionist MLA for Newry and Armagh, Danny Kennedy, has welcomed the announcement by Environment Minister Edwin Poots of a Public Enquiry into the NIE cross border Inter Connector project.
19/08/2010Protesting against Lignite miningThe North Antrim Ulster Unionist Association has urged people in the constituency to maintain their organised protest against the lignite mining proposals.
17/08/2010Flood risk review welcomedUlster Unionist Councillor Michael Copeland has welcomed the announcement from the Department of the Environment that they plan to hold a review into planning policy for flood risk.
05/08/2010Elliott on Flooding Taskforce ReportUlster Unionist MLA, Tom Elliott has given a cautious welcome to the Flooding Taskforce Report describing it as ';having positives';, but much work still needs to be done.
28/07/2010Concern as tyres discovered at Templepatrick bonfireUlster Unionist MLA Danny Kinahan has urged young people to ';bonfire responsible'; after he discovered a delivery of tyres at a private bonfire in Templepatrick.
23/07/2010Sustainable development is an 'early test' for OFMdFMUlster Unionist members of the Assembly Environment Committee, Roy Beggs Jnr and Danny Kinahan, have said that fiscal constraints must not be allowed to affect the new sustainable development strategy and implementation plan.
07/07/2010Elliott meets with Poots to discuss Planning Service concernsUlster Unionist MLA, Tom Elliott, has held a meeting with Minister for the Environment, Edwin Poots, to outline his concerns about the future of the Planning Service.
01/07/2010Cleaner neighbourhoods within reachUlster Unionist Environment spokesperson Roy Beggs Jnr MLA has welcomed the new Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill, describing it as ';long overdue';.
30/06/2010UUP moves to prevent re-introduction of Hare CoursingRoy Beggs MLA has this week successfully moved an amendment to the Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill which will ban the practice of Hare Coursing in Northern Ireland.













