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

Experts: Yettinahole may prove dangerous to areas below ghats

Deccan Chronicle 21 Aug 2018

Mangaluru. The landslides in the Western Ghats and Kodagu have led to fears that the ongoing work on the Yettinahole project could prove dangerous to areas located below the ghats. ... ... National Environment Care Federation state secretary, Shashidhar Shetty too fears that Dakshina Kannada may face a natural disaster on account of Yettinahole and other similar projects in the Western Ghats ... end-of. ....

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Overnight Defense: Pentagon says Trump canceled parade before cost briefing | Erik Prince renews push ...

The Hill 21 Aug 2018

... Under Secretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment; Veronica Daigle to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for readiness and force management; Casey Wardynski to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs; and Alex Beehler, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for energy, installations, and environment, at 9.30 a.m....

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Gove backs plans for tougher sentences over harming of service animals

Belfast Telegraph 20 Aug 2018

The Environment Secretary said the relationship between police service animals and their handlers was “special” during a meeting with Finn, a retired police German shepherd who was repeatedly stabbed in the chest and head while apprehending a robbery suspect in October 2016 ... Environment Secretary Michael Gove meets hero police dog Finn (Stefan Rousseau/PA) ... Mr Gove said ... He said ... And of course ... He said ... They are your best friend.”. ....

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Visayas mayors expect orders from Duterte on federalism in Cebu visit

Sun Star 20 Aug 2018

This will be Duterte’s fifth visit in Cebu this year ... Prior to the President’s arrival today, also expected to deliver speeches are Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año, Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenza, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu, and Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat....

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Finance chief still fighting for telco duopoly

The Manila Times 20 Aug 2018

FINANCE Secretary Carlos “Sonny” Dominguez 3rd might not be able to stop the entry of the long-awaited third telecommunications provider for the Philippines even he certainly seems intent on not letting it happen without a struggle ... Most people who are not the Finance Secretary view the entry of a third telco as a key part of the solution to a dysfunctional regulatory environment rather than as a substitute for an actual solution....

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Deal to sell non-stun-slaughtered lambs to Saudis condemned

The Observer 20 Aug 2018

The Labour MP Kerry McCarthy, a former shadow environment secretary, said ... It gives me little confidence that [after Brexit] we won’t find our higher standards on food safety, animal welfare and the environment bargained away when it comes to negotiating trade deals with the likes of the US.”....

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Readers respond: Concern for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The Oregonian 20 Aug 2018

The list of reasons not to drill in the Arctic Refuge is long ... I urge anyone who cares about the state of our environment, climate and future to speak up and tell Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke "no" to oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge ...   ... ....

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Flat collapse-risk residents 'living in fear'

BBC News 20 Aug 2018

Arnold Tarling, a surveyor and fire safety expert, said there had been been a number of reports since the 1980s outlining the risks in the building. "I have raised concerns about the way the building is constructed," he said. "I have raised concerns about the fact that they have gas in them when they shouldn't ... Lord Heseltine was environment secretary from 1979 to 1983, responsible for reviving run-down estates in high-poverty areas ... ....

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As The Turnbull Govt Implodes, It’s Still Making Policy. It’s Just Really, Really Bad Policy

New Matilda 20 Aug 2018

This may be the best way to explain what the hell the government was thinking when it decided to give $444 million to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, a little known environment charity with all the right conservative connections ... The Secretary of the Environment Department wasn’t even in the meeting; no public servant was, until Frydenberg phoned in the deal....

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International CITES Conference in Sri Lanka next year

Sri Lanka News 19 Aug 2018

A special discussion regarding the preparatory works of the conference was held with the participation of Secretary to the President Udaya R. Senevirathne at the Presidential Secretariat, .Ministers Nimal Siripala de Silva, John Amarathunga, Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, Secretary to the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment Anura Dissanayake, officials and the IGP participated in this discussion. ....

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Great Barrier Reef Politics

Dissident Voice 19 Aug 2018

Australia’s environment has been in precarious hands since European settlement found its lengthy and persistent way to the continent ... The bungling has led to Josh Frydenberg, the environment and energy minister, asking the secretary of his department to urge the National Audit Office to give the funding arrangement serious consideration “as a priority”....

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Hong Kong welfare chief pledges to add 300 childcare places in 2 years as services ...

South China Morning Post 19 Aug 2018

The city’s welfare minister has pledged to increase the number of childcare places by 300 in two years to help tackle hugely insufficient services in the sector as Hong Kong launched a regional summit calling for a more family friendly environment....

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Scientists eavesdrop on disappearing sea trout

Scotsman 19 Aug 2018

The project is the brainchild of Adam Beynon-Jones, assistant biologist at the trust ... The £163,000 project is being carried out in collaboration with academics at the University of Glasgow's Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment, the Atlantic Salmon Trust and government agency Marine Scotland, with support from Loch Duart salmon farms and local estates and businesses. Environment secretary Roseanna Cunningham said ... ....

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