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Salazar Defends Obama on Environment

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today defended President Obama’s record on the environment amid deepening criticism from green allies over a 2008 campaign promise to “end the tyranny of oil.”

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Obama Rated Better on Environment Than on Economy, Energy

A majority of Americans interviewed prior to the Japanese earthquake say President Obama is doing a good job of protecting the nation’s environment. Meanwhile, 55% say he is doing a poor job of making the U.S. prosperous, and more say he is doing a poor job than a good job of improving the nation’s energy policy.

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Environment department defends log ban

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Friday allayed fears of shortage of wood supply following President Benigno Aquino III’s order on nationwide log ban. “What the President is saying is: leave the natural forest to future generations and, at least, let them thrive with their other uses like habitat for wildlife or gene pool for the country’s precious endemic flora and …

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Environment agency pushes for forest management bill

TO COMPLEMENT the President’s drive against illegal loggers, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje urged Congress to pass the proposed Sustainable Forest Management Act, which has been pending for the last 15 years. read more

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US, China clash on energy, environment

In late 2009, President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao announced an ambitious array of joint clean energy research projects touted as a mark of a maturing relationship and an alliance to fight climate change.

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Aquino urged to prioritize environment, ‘climate’ actions in MTPDP 2011-2016

 MANILA, Philippines – Green groups urged President Benigno S. Aquino III to lay-out his administration’s plan for the environment in the new Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP).   Jonathan Ronquillo, environment campaigner of the La Liga Policy Institute also said Aquino should make sure that such plan will give premium to climate change.  

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Groups ask PNoy to prioritize environment, ‘climate change actions’

Environment groups on Thursday appealed to President Benigno C. Aquino III to lay out his administration’s plan for the environment in the new Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP)

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Environment Ministry to set world record

The Ministry of Environment will set a world record by planting 1.1 million saplings islandwide within 11 minutes on November 15, to mark President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second swearing in, a spokesperson for the ministry said.

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Environment Ministry to set world record

The Ministry of Environment will set a world record by planting 1.1 million saplings islandwide within 11 minutes on November 15, to mark President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second swearing in, a spokesperson for the ministry said.

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Three receive prestigious environment award

SINGAPORE: Three President’s Award for the Environment were given out on Friday at the Istana by President S R Nathan.

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