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Bangladesh and UK to strengthen collaboration on environmental conservation: Environment Adviser
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adiver Syeda Rizwana Hasan announced that Bangladesh and the UK will deepen collaboration on climate change and environmental conservation. She emphasised the need for capacity building, rainwater harvesting, and desalination initiatives, ensuring that these benefits reach the people. Rizwana Hasan called for the doubling of the $100 billion in climate…
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Storage Tank Enforcement: Proposed Tennessee Department of Environmental and Conservation Order Addressing Knoxville Retail Motor Facility
Download PDF Storage Tank Enforcement: Proposed Tennessee Department of Environmental and Conservation Order Addressing Knoxville Retail Motor Facility The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued an August 1st Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to CGS Stores, LLC (“CGS”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (UST”) regulations. See Case No. UST-23-0207.…
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World Photography Day… Photographers to QNA: Our Creativity Dedicated to Environmental Conservation and Sustainability
Doha, August 18 (QNA) – The World Photography Day, celebrated on August 19, honors the creativity of photographers and highlights their prominent role in capturing human and societal issues, celebrating the values of righteousness, virtue, and beauty in their work, and using the aesthetics and art of photography to reflect human conditions and the efforts…
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Conservation scent dogs
Lauralea Oliver has worked with dogs for much of her life. She grew up with them as pets, was a dog trainer for many years, worked at animals shelters, and started dabbling in scent work about 15 years ago. “I met a lot of people — professional handlers that did narcotics, search and rescue,” said…
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Ćulafić: Conservation of the sea will ensure a healthy environment for future generations
16.08.2024. 17:55h Conservation of the sea is not only an ecological task, but a moral obligation that will ensure a healthy and clean environment for future generations, said the Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Development of the North, Damjan Ćulafić. As announced by the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Development of the North,…
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Land Bureau’s Conservation Rule Harms Environment, States Claim
A new rule focused on public lands conservation to protect against climate change is harming the environment in Utah and Wyoming, the states claimed in a court filing Thursday. The states are challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule that allows conservation to be considered a “use” of public lands and begins a…
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Conservation roadmap sets ambitious goal to eliminate marine pollution
Back to Blue, a joint initiative between the media brand Economist Impact and Japanese nonprofit The Nippon Foundation, aims to ensure the world’s oceans are free from the impacts of marine pollution – not just plastic – by 2050 through a bold new roadmap. After two years of consultation, the published roadmap, titled “A Global…
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‘Egregious practices’: Environmentalists, activists pressure for change to Wisconsin Conservation Congress
The WCC is a body of elected delegates that advise the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on policy. Our Wisconsin Revolution is leading the reform movement. It is a two pronged strategy: elect more environmentalists to the congress and pressure state lawmakers to take legislative action to reform the body. The activists contend the WCC…
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A plan to save Colorado River water could come with big costs, both financial and environmental
The Colorado River’s largest water user agreed to leave some of its supplies in Lake Mead in exchange for a massive federal payout. But environmental advocates say the plan was rushed and could harm wildlife habitat and air quality. The Imperial Irrigation District, which supplies water to farms in the Southern California desert, stands to…
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Judiciary’s conservation efforts help cut environmental cases
An aerial view of Dianshan Lake and its surrounding areas on the border of Shanghai and Jiangsu province, Aug 15, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] Thanks to stronger judicial efforts in environmental protection, the number of relevant cases in China has dropped since 2021, said the Supreme People’s Court. The country’s top court showed the trend on Thursday,…