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Cimatu pushes bamboo mini-forests across PH

Manila Standard Today 25 Oct 2021

Environment Secretary Roy A ... Ramachandran made the courtesy call to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources secretary together with Edwine Carrie as UNDP’s deputy resident representative and Floradema Eleazar, UNDP Team leader ... It decorates the environment well with bonsai.

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China's UN role applauded

China Daily 25 Oct 2021

"China has played a most constructive role as a member of the Security Council and beyond," said Erik Solheim, former UN under-secretary-general and former executive director of the UN Environment Programme ... made sure the UN focused on economic development and the environment.".

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Delhi govt’s ‘green fellows’ to help tackle pollution

Hindustan Times 24 Oct 2021

“The fellows will be assigned to work under senior officers (such as principal secretary, special secretary, director etc) or any other officer designated by the environment minister and in coordination with the environment department, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), ...

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King Salman receives telephone call from UN secretary general

Arab News 24 Oct 2021

King Salman received a telephone call from the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Saturday ... the environment and facing the challenges of climate change.

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Solon seeks coordinated management of coastal, marine resources

Manila Bulletin 24 Oct 2021

The said government committee will be composed of Secretaries of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Agriculture (DA), and Department of Interior and Local Government, (DILG), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director ...

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Fury as Tory MPs vote to allow water companies to dump raw sewage into Britain's ...

The Daily Mail 24 Oct 2021

But Environment Secretary George Eustice recommended MPs reject amendments to the bill, which comes just days before Boris Johnson hosts world leaders at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow ... When environment Minister, Rebecca Pow and members of the Chalk Stream Restoration Group visited the river, it was a clear looking stream.

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Forest official gives impromptu speech to create awareness after rescuing banded krait

Hindustan Times 24 Oct 2021

The forest official's impromptu speech to create awareness has impressed people ... Copy Link ... Dipak Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Department, Government of Bihar, shared a video of the impromptu speech by forest guard Anil Kumar on Twitter ... Take a look at the video and the image. ... “Excellent effort ... ....

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New Mexico health and safety bureau is investigating accidental 'Rust' shooting

Yahoo Daily News 24 Oct 2021

A vehicle from the Office of the Medical Investigator enters the front gate leading to the Bonanza Creek Ranch on October 22, 2021 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images ... "Our state OSHA program is investigating this," Rebecca Roose, deputy cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department, told Deadline ... .

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Activists vow to continue Muhammad Ali Shah’s struggle for fishing community’s rights

The News International 24 Oct 2021

Shah had passed away on August 19 due to complications of Covid-19. He was 66 ... Praising the late activist for his struggle for a cleaner environment, PFF Secretary General Saeed Baloch said Shah ran various campaigns to create awareness among the people against the challenges of climate change and pollution ... .

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Gov’t props up travel revival

Manila Standard Today 24 Oct 2021

However, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has reiterated the importance of the dolomite beach in the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program, noting how the beach enhancement project “can positively shape the mindset of the public on proper solid waste management.” The DOT ...

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Poor EV take-up to cost Australia’s health system $1tn by 2050, modelling shows

The Observer 24 Oct 2021

Not coming to a showroom near you ... Read more ... The honorary secretary of Doctors for the Environment, Dr Richard Yin, said independent research suggested the combined pollution from coal-fired power and internal combustion engines caused 5,000 deaths a year, with some studies finding the cost to the health system running as high as $24bn a year ... .

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Turning over a new leaf: the humble hedge stages a remarkable comeback

The Observer 24 Oct 2021

The emerald-green five-year-old hawthorn hedge glistens in autumnal sunshine ... “In my life, I’ve probably taken out three miles of hedge ... Photograph. Mark Smith/Alamy ... The environment secretary, George Eustice, has called hedges important ecological building blocks that provide shelter, nesting habitat, flowers and berries for a wide range of wildlife ... .

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Biden in No Position to Lecture World on Global Warming

Consortium News 24 Oct 2021

These include Jose Fernandez (under-secretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment), Stuart Delery (deputy White House counsel) and Avi Garbow (senior counselor to the Environmental Protection Agency administrator — a post Garbow has since left).

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India, UK discuss Afghanistan; agree to deepen cooperation in defence & security

Hindustan Times 23 Oct 2021

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UK foreign secretary Elizabeth Truss and held talks with a focus on infrastructure investment, defence and security cooperation. The UK foreign secretary also congratulated India on vaccinating 1 billion people.

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