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Singapore Environment Council gets new chief

The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) has finally found a new executive director – former journalist Jose Raymond, who was press secretary to Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan.

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Brgy environment officers get P500 pay increase

The City Council has approved the P500 increase in the honorarium of 280 environment officers in 56 barangays.

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City wants Environment Court direction on protecting trees

Auckland Council is seeking the Environment Court’s help over fears that rules protecting many urban trees will become unlawful in 13 months.Blanket protection for trees stops from 2012 in an amendment to the Resource Management…

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Commissioners may imposing moratorium for Waiau River

Environment Canterbury Commissioners will consider, at a Council Meeting on Wednesday November 24, 2010, imposing a moratorium on the Waiau River catchment to take, dam, divert or use water.

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Environment BOP Elections 2010 – PROGRESS RESULTS

Please see attached release for the Tauranga City Council 2010 Triennial Elections – Progress FPP Result. Please note the Mauāo Constituency does not yet include voting from Whakatane District Council.

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Environment BOP Elections 2010 – PROGRESS RESULTS

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Contamination Warning in Christchurch City

Environment Canterbury and the Christchurch City Council are warning that the rivers in Christchurch (Avon/Otakaro, Heathcote, Styx and Halswell) and estuaries may become contaminated following rain and warn residents to avoid contact with the waterways.

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Environment Court backs Council’s decision

The Environment Court has dismissed an appeal against the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s decision to renew water and air resource consents for Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) and Norske Skog Tasman, in an interim decision released this week.

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Environment Court Decision on Orewa Released

Mayor Penny Webster says that a decision by the Environment Court to alter a Proposed Plan Change by Rodney District Council could lead to uncontrolled high rise development in the Orewa town centre and create uncertainty for local residents about how the …

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Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Education Council sign agreement to encourage environmental education

Abu Dhabi, September 23, 2010: The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see both parties promote environmental education and Education for sustainable development in all schools throughout Abu Dhabi Emirate.

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GDG Environment Group Obtains a Financial Contribution from NRC-IRAP for Its Research Activities on Blue-Green Algae

TROIS-RIVIERES, QUEBEC– – GDG ENVIRONMENT GROUP welcomes with deep satisfaction a financial contribution of $350,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program for a project aiming at developing a new technology for the rapid detection and quantification of cyanobacterial toxins.

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GDG Environment Group Obtains a Financial Contribution from NRC-IRAP for Its Research Activities on Blue-Green Algae

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