Environment Secretary

Environment Secretary can refer to:

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Scotland

Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, Hong Kong

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom

Secretary of the Environment (Mexico)

Latest News for: Environment secretary

Plastic straws could be banned in a year

Belfast Telegraph 22 Oct 2018

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has launched a consultation on the Government’s plan to ban the items, which he said can devastate the world’s oceans and wildlife. The ban could be put in place at some stage between October next year and October 2020, the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs said ... Environment Secretary Michael Gove (Aaron Chown/PA)....

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Plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton wool buds 'could be banned from 2019'

This is Money 22 Oct 2018

The Environment Secretary says only legal enforcement will protect Britain’s environment from the scourge of throwaway plastic ... Environment secretary Michael Gove, above, will announce that plastic straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds could be banned as soon as next year [File photo] ... ‘Today we step up our efforts to turn the tide on plastic pollution and ensure we leave our environment in a better state than we inherited it.’ ... ....

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Plastic straws and cotton buds could be banned within a year

The Guardian 22 Oct 2018

Launching a consultation on the proposals on Monday, the environment secretary will cite the success of the 5p charge on single-use plastic bags, which led to an 86% drop in their use at major supermarkets ... Twitter ... Plastic recycling industry's problems costing councils up to £500,000 a year ... “Today we step up our efforts to turn the tide on plastic pollution and ensure we leave our environment in a better state than we inherited it.”....

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Michael Gove: plastic straws and cotton buds to be banned by October 2020

The Observer 22 Oct 2018

The environment secretary is due to say on Monday that a consultation will be launched on the proposals, citing the success of the ......

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Plastic straws and cotton buds could be banned from next year in bid to tackle ...

The Independent 22 Oct 2018

Michael Gove, the environment secretary, has vowed to "turn the tide on plastic pollution" by stamping out the use of 4.7 billion plastic ......

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FareShare's surplus food redistribution saves UK £51m a year

The Observer 22 Oct 2018

FareShare is UK’s largest charity fighting food waste and hunger ... UK restaurants and cafes bin 320m fresh meals a year, data shows. Read more ... alarming rise will see 66 tonnes thrown away every second ... It follows the recent announcement by environment secretary Michael Gove of a £15m pilot project to make it as cost-effective for the food industry to redistribute their surplus to charities as it is for them to dispose of it as waste ... ....

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BLACK DOG: How a dry white from New Zealand and a full-bodied Aussie red accompanied secret 'pizza club'

This is Money 21 Oct 2018

Allies of Michael Gove are not amused to learn that as well as doing a passable impression of Boris Johnson, Philip Hammond mimics the Environment Secretary’s unmistakable Scottish brogue and politeness ... Disgrace’ 2014 Tory Conference speech about cheese imports, Treasury Chief Secretary Liz Truss, left, is now the target of wicked rumours about another dairy-related fiasco....

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Pondy goverment medical college gets notice for polluting lake

The Times of India 21 Oct 2018

Committee member secretary R Smitha, also director (science, technology and environment), told lieutenant governor Kiran Bedi during a one to-one meeting that the committee had instructed the government society, which runs the college, to ......

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APC Plotting to Use Militias to Disrupt Guber Election, A’Ibom Alleges

This Day 21 Oct 2018

Following up on this, PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Ini EmemObong had in a reaction to the detention by the police of the State Commissioner of Environment, Dr Iniobong Essien, over the erection of campaign billboard said “the police must know that Nigerians and indeed the international community are watching these troubling developments.”....

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MGB to release results of Naga landslide probe

Sun Star 21 Oct 2018

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu is expected to attend the activity along with DENR 7 Executive Director Gilbert Gonzales, MGB 7 Officer-in-charge Efren Carido and Environmental Management Bureau 7 Director William Cu�ado ... Playing the blame game. For a week, they conducted GPR and GSR surveys ... (SCG) ....

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Refreshingly clear: The 3,000 reasons why our water in Scotland is top of the taps

Sunday Post 21 Oct 2018

He added ... Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham and children from Royal Mile Primary in Edinburgh at Your Water Your Life launch. Drinking tap from a reusable bottle is an easy win when it comes to protecting the environment, and the Your Water, Your Life campaign aims to make tap the first choice for water drinkers wherever they are, and encourages businesses to make it readily available for staff and customers ... ....

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A party at war: could Brexit split spell end of the Tories?

The Observer 21 Oct 2018

“In the end I had to just switch the bloody thing off,” he said. “It was all kicking off yet again.” ... Hardliners were as deeply divided as ever ... whooooa ... Last Monday she had to do the same, standing up and telling MPs how a dash to Brussels by her Brexit secretary Dominic Raab the day before had failed to secure any breakthrough on the Irish border ... Nick Boles, who is close to Michael Gove, the environment secretary, said....

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Jesus House pushes past hurdles

Odessa American 21 Oct 2018

Jesus House of Odessa is pushing for progress on their transitional housing project “Safe Haven,” but adjustment has been a must after an unforeseen parking lot requirement was presented ... Rev ... “The purpose is to try and get the homeless off of the streets and back into a safe environment for them to be able to be reintegrated into society,” said Melissa Guiter, Jesus House secretary, during their last community meeting ... .......

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