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| Decision on NI 'green' watchdog | Decision on NI 'green' watchdog |
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| A decision on whether Northern Ireland should have its own 'green' watchdog to protect its environment is to be made public later. | A decision on whether Northern Ireland should have its own 'green' watchdog to protect its environment is to be made public later. |
| Environment minister Arlene Foster is expected to announce whether she will remove control of green issues from government. | |
| Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland that does not have such an independent body. | Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland that does not have such an independent body. |
| Friends of the Earth warned it might go to the European Commission over this. | Friends of the Earth warned it might go to the European Commission over this. |
| "If Northern Ireland isn't prepared to take its own environment seriously, there is one body that will, that is the European Commission. They will enforce to the letter of the European law," John Woods, director of Friends of the Earth, said. | "If Northern Ireland isn't prepared to take its own environment seriously, there is one body that will, that is the European Commission. They will enforce to the letter of the European law," John Woods, director of Friends of the Earth, said. |
| "Far better we regulate ourselves, do it our way, in our own time and do it properly." | "Far better we regulate ourselves, do it our way, in our own time and do it properly." |
| In February, NI politicians and members of the business community backed the call for an environmental protection agency to be set up. | In February, NI politicians and members of the business community backed the call for an environmental protection agency to be set up. |
| The group would assume responsibility for the work currently performed by the DOE's Environment and Heritage Service. | The group would assume responsibility for the work currently performed by the DOE's Environment and Heritage Service. |