The number and size of fines don’t do enough to deter, reports Claire O’Sullivan.

A Wicklow businessman has been fined €1m for putting the drinking water in Blessington at risk of contamination by illegally dumping dry industrial waste on a site there.

A sawmills company in Offaly is facing legal action from the state environmental watchdog if it does not address pollution concerns.

President George W Bush will not implement the climate treaty negotiated in Kyoto but will seek an alternative that would "include the world" in the effort to reduce pollution.