Environment Canterbury council sacked in favour of commissioners (TVNZ)

The government has sacked the entire Environment Canterbury council and is putting commissioners in charge, with highly respected senior civil servant Dame Margaret Bazley taking over the helm

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Victory for irrigators over Environment Canterbury (New Zealand’s National Business Review)

Special legislation has been drafted by the government to replace Environment Canterbury’s elected councillors by appointed commissioners until at least 2013. Although the threat of government appointed commissioners has been hanging over the regional council for several weeks, today’s move came as a shock for staff and most of the councillors

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Victory for irrigators over Environment Canterbury (New Zealand’s National Business Review)

Bazley to take helm after Environment Canterbury council sacked (TVNZ)

The Environment Canterbury council has been sacked says councillor Jo Kane and will be replaced by a commissioner who is to be Dame Margaret Bazley

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Bazley to take helm after Environment Canterbury council sacked (TVNZ)

Supreme Court to Lafarge: no environment clearance, no mining (The Hindu)

New Delhi: Making it clear that the French company Lafarge should comply with Indian laws and get a fresh Environment Impact Assessment done for its limestone mines in Meghalaya forests, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to vacate its stay on mining operations.

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Chemical Cocktail Affects Humans And The Environment (redOrbit)

Complex cocktailResearch has shown that this type of approach is inadequate as the chemicals that we use form a complex cocktail. The EU’s environment ministers have therefore urged the European Commission to step up its risk assessments and amend the legislation on the combination effects of chemicals. In concrete terms, the Commission has been tasked with producing recommendations in 2010 on …

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Environment office holds forest fire training (Sun Star)

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has conducted a one-day Forest Fire Training in Zamboanga City amid the dry spell brought about by El Niño phenomenon. read more

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Labour seeks debate over environment report (di-ve)

The Labour Party is asking for a parliamentary debate over the Environment Report published by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority last week.

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Protect environment while developing, Sarawak local authorities told (The Malaysian Insider)

SIBU, March 29 — All local authorities in the state have been reminded to ensure that any economic activity carried out should not be at the expense of the environment.

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Sarawak Minister: Take care of environment first (The Star)

SIBU: All local authorities in the state have been reminded to ensure that any economic activity carried out should not be at the expense of the environment.

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Cameron warns of urgency to protect environment (AP via Yahoo! News)

Film director James Cameron says there is an urgency to protect the environment and says that climate change will affect rich and poor alike.

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