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Dhaka fails to comply with water reservoir conservation act in urban
Dhaka city has failed to implement urban planning adhering to the Natural Water Reservoir Conservation Act, urban planners have said, referring to the global and national guidelines. They added that geographical location is mostly ignored in the case of urbanisation, resulting in disasters like floods, landslides, earthquakes in various cities of the world, including in…
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Effort to protect Lake George hemlocks continues
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Yep. NYC plastic bag ban still dumb and unenforceable (opinion)
Saving the planet one plastic bag at a time. That was the goal when New York passed a law banning single-use plastic bags like those used in supermarkets, delis and for takeout food. The bags, we were told, take forever to break down in landfills, clog up the water system and otherwise pollute the environment.…
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California’s Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble
This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2015 a lightning strike started what became known as the Rough Fire, which eventually burned more than 150,000 acres of forest east of Fresno and just west of Kings Canyon National Park. The blaze burned into seven different…
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Explainer: Xi’s vision of future APEC development
Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2023 shows the APEC 2023 signs in front of the APEC 2023 International Media Center in San Francisco, the United States. (Xinhua/Li Rui) Why Chinese President Xi Jinping is promoting an innovation-driven, open, green, and inclusive future of APEC? SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on…
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Merriman Valley Master Plan step closer to fruition following vote by Akron City Council
Akron has taken another step toward realizing the transformation of the Merriman Valley. Akron City Council this week unanimously passed nine pieces of legislation relating to the city’s adoption of a new zoning code for Merriman Valley and the city as a whole. The ordinances are part of the master plan adopted by Akron and…
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Opinion: Those with lavish wealth, who deny global warming are not true conservatives
Rev. Rollin Russell I am conservative. I am not a conservative. Anyone who has known me would laugh at the idea. I am conservative in the classical sense of the term. Unfortunately that quality of character and disposition has been turned into a label to be pasted onto people with positive or negative political and social connotations. I come…
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Permanent Cap Slide at Ontario County Landfill Under Investigation – Finger Lakes Daily News
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Casella Waste Management of Ontario LLC are investigating an incident that occurred at the Ontario County landfill in the town of Seneca. According to County Administrator Chris DeBolt, approximately 3.5 acres of a newly constructed seven-acre permanent cap slid down the southwest face of the landfill…
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Give me red: India exits international negative list of Red Sanders export after two decades
Express News Service NEW DELHI: All it is the culmination of last year’s blockbuster movie ‘Pushpa’ if you will. The movie portrays the violent smuggling of the banned Red Sanders (Red Sandalwood) from forests in India. Last week, the country received the international green light to make the trading in plantations of Red Sanders by…
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Full text of Xi’s speech at the 30th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech here Friday at the 30th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting. The following is the full text of the speech: Staying True to APEC Founding Mission And Enhancing Unity and Cooperation To Jointly Promote High-Quality Growth in the Asia-Pacific Remarks by H.E. Xi Jinping…
