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Saudi prince sues Los Angeles to hasten mansion plans

Source country news-yahoo mercredi 23 mai 2012 03 h 38 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] protect the environment[1];

Entités: Lisa Shumaker[1]; Victoria Beckham[1]; Mary Slosson[1]; Saudi King Abdullah[1]; Cynthia Johnston[1]; Paul Koretz[1]; Bruce Springsteen[1];

Autres catégories: Accidents graves;

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Paul Koretz said: "The council member feels that any proposed project needs to undergo the appropriate scrutiny and discussion required by city policies,"

(Reuters) - A Saudi prince seeking to build a sprawling mansion in the famous 90210 zip code in the mountains above Beverly Hills, a project that has drawn opposition from neighbors, has sued the city of Los Angeles to hasten its construction. A land development company belonging to Prince Abdul.......

articles publiés plus de 2 heures il y a

Lamido’s idea of democracy day in Jigawa

Source country guardiannewsngr mercredi 23 mai 2012 03 h 27 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Entités: Sule Lamido[2]; Jigawa State[1]; Alhaji Muhammad[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

MAY is a special month in Jigawa State. While other states look forward to May 29, to mark Democracy Day, the state actually spends the entire month celebrating democracy. Jigawa prides itself as the only state that spends an entire month giving accounts of its activities to the people....

Changes in Environment Act discussed

Source country thenews-pk mercredi 23 mai 2012 03 h 26 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Entités: Khalid Farooq[1]; Ghulam Rasool[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

A meeting here on Tuesday discussed proposed amendments to Punjab Environmental Protection (amendment) Act 2012. Legal experts, NGOs, environmental...

Elburn OKs Blackberry Creek watershed plan

Source country zimtelegraph mercredi 23 mai 2012 02 h 38 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] environmental protection[1];

Entités: David Anderson[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

ELBURN – The village has become one of the first communities in Kane County to sign on to a plan designed to protect the water quality in Blackberry Creek. Earlier this month, the Elburn Village Board unanimously adopted the Blackberry Creek Watershed Plan. The plan was drafted during the last two years in an effort [....

articles publiés plus de 3 heures il y a

O’Malley signs hundreds of bills that will tint Maryland a deeper shade of blue

Source country WashingtonPost mercredi 23 mai 2012 02 h 16 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] protect the environment[1];

Autres catégories: DG Fiscalité Union douanière;

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed into law a package of tax increases Tuesday targeting six-figure earners, tobacco users and companies engaged in real estate transactions to cover record spending on education. Read full article >>...

articles publiés plus de 4 heures il y a

Ministry fines car importers over pollution data

Source country jpost mercredi 23 mai 2012 01 h 30 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Entités: Range Rover[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general); Accidents graves;

Three major car companies fined hundreds of thousands of shekels for failure to publish correct air pollution data....

Fitch Rates FL Governmental Utility Auth (Consolidated Utility System), FL's Utility Revs 'A-'

Source country finanznachrichten-en mercredi 23 mai 2012 00 h 30 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

Fitch Ratings assigns an initial 'A-' rating to the following Florida Governmental Utility Authority's (FGUA, or the authority) bonds: --Approximately $19......

Estudantes fazem manifestação em defesa do veto ao Código Florestal

Source country ogloboglobo mardi 22 mai 2012 23 h 58 CEST | info

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] preservação ambiental[1];

Entités: Meio Ambiente[1]; Dilma Rousseff[2]; Gleisi Hoffman[1]; Geral da União[1]; Mendes Ribeiro[1]; Código Florestal[3]; Pepe Vargas[1]; Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva[1]; Izabella Teixeira[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie;

BRASÍLIA - Enquanto a presidente Dilma Rousseff comandava mais uma reunião para tratar do projeto do Código Florestal, nesta terça-feira, um grupo de estudantes fez uma manifestação, em frente ao Palácio do Planalto, pelo veto ao texto aprovado pelo Congresso. A presidente tem até sexta-feira para sancionar ou vetar a lei....

articles publiés plus de 6 heures il y a

Feds could be sued over fisheries reform, minister admits

Source country montrealgazette mardi 22 mai 2012 23 h 32 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] protecting the environment[1];

Entités: Keith Ashfield[1];

Autres catégories: Fisheries management;

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Keith Ashfield wrote: "I am confident that the cumulative effects of these change initiatives over the long-term will be positive, helping to improve the quality, relevance and effectiveness of the department's programs and services,"

Fisheries and Oceans Canada acknowledges its reputation and capacity to protect the nation's water are at risk because of a "change agenda" that also could be overturned in court, the department's minister, Keith Ashfield, said in a report tabled this month in Parliament....

New York City to get 1st major natgas line in 40 yrs

Source country trust mardi 22 mai 2012 22 h 50 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general); Accidents graves;

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:36 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters * Spectra Energy natgas pipeline gets approval * Line expected to be ready next year * Connects NYC with New Jersey lines By Edward McAllister NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - The bright lights of New York City may burn a little cleaner next year,.......

New York City to get first major natgas line in 40 years

Source country news-yahoo mardi 22 mai 2012 21 h 52 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general); Accidents graves;

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bright lights of New York City may burn a little cleaner next year, when the first major natural gas pipeline in a generation is built to connect the largest U.S. metropolis to new energy-producing regions across the country. Spectra Energy's controversial $1....

Democrats Push for Chemical-Law Overhaul

Source country bloomberg mardi 22 mai 2012 21 h 16 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Entités: Frank Lautenberg[1]; Jon Morgan[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

Opposed by Industry Three Democratic U.S. senators said they are seeking support from Republicans in a push for to overhaul regulations of toxic chemicals amid complaints from industry about the legislative proposals. The Democrats’ measure would require safety testing of all industrial chemicals.......

Ballast Water Treatment – The Evolution of the Technology Market

Source country marinelink mardi 22 mai 2012 21 h 01 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] environmental protection[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

The development of systems for the onboard treatment of ballast water has been under way since the late 90’s. By water treatment process equipment standards,...

I.H.T. Special Report: Smart Business: To Czech Industry, Everything Is Nano

Source country nytimes mardi 22 mai 2012 20 h 15 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] environmental protection[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general); Accidents graves; Small and Medium Size Businesses;

Industries based on nanotechnology are a rapidly growing niche in the economy of the Czech Republic, which, although small, is widely respected for its technical prowess....

Bureaucratic Oddity: 13 Person Line of Succession at EPA

Source country ABCnews mardi 22 mai 2012 20 h 15 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[2];

Entités: George W Bush[2]; Jimmy Carter[1]; Gary Locke[1]; John Kerry[1]; Lisa Jackson[1]; John Bryson[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; EuropeAid Co-operation Office; Environment (general);

Attention doomsday prophets: President Obama has initiated an executive-branch shakeup that could be consequential in the event of a nuclear apocalypse. This week, Obama altered the lines of succession at the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Management and....

Caribbean Courts Mexico as Ally in the G20

Source country ipsnews mardi 22 mai 2012 19 h 56 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] protecting the environment[1];

Entités: Peter Richards[1]; Felipe Calderón[1]; Desi Bouterse[1]; Freundel Stuart[1];

Autres catégories: G20; Climate Change; DG Fiscalité Union douanière; EU-USA; Écologie; Crise financière; Alternative Energy; Environment (general);

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Freundel Stuart cited: "the worrying signs that we have moved from the rich man's club of the G7 to the big man's club of the G20, whose members are more united in telling non-G20 countries what they should do than in prescribing to those within their own fold"

Felipe Calderón said: "In the environment, we committed to continue to fight climate change and to take into account in particular the impact of climate change on small island states, global warning and growth of the level of the sea, as well as to renew serious international long term action in terms of mitigation and adaptation," "Also to improve the life of our people and to preserve their natural legacy, we have also agreed to Mexican support to Caricom countries to support them in projects in prevention of natural disaster. Mexico committed to donate computer equipment to contribute to establishing a territorial system for information for management of disaster risks"

Freundel Stuart said: "We need to reassert the grave threat posed by climate change and the urgency of agreeing on a comprehensive and ambitious response and here we know that Mexico through its national commitments and domestic legislation has already led by example,"

The Caribbean Community bloc (Caricom) is lobbying Mexico to use its influence as chair of the G20, which controls 90 percent of world trade, to promote the interests of the Caribbean and other small island developing states when it meets in June....

Fines for leaving cars idling to take effect next week

Source country taipeitimes mardi 22 mai 2012 19 h 27 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1]; environmental protection[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

Starting on Friday next week, drivers who leave their cars idling for more than three minutes risk being fined, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said yesterday. Vehicles idling in parking lots, on roads or in other areas should have their engines turned off if they stay in the same.......

First green light for MRT circular line

Source country taipeitimes mardi 22 mai 2012 19 h 27 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Entités: Eric Shou[1]; Taipei City[4];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

The Environmental Protection Administration’s (EPA) special task force reviewing the proposed Taipei Metro Circular Line (台北捷運系統環狀線) project gave preliminary approval to the proposed plan yesterday amidst concern that the planned construction may cause flooding in Sindian River (新店溪)....

China confident about prospect of Sino-Bulgarian cooperation: CPC senior official

Source country xinhuanet_en mardi 22 mai 2012 18 h 33 CEST | info

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] environmental protection[1];

Entités: Wang Lequan[1]; Margarita Popova[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

SOFIA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A visiting senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said on Tuesday that China is confident about prospect of Sino-Bulgarian cooperation. During a meeting with Vice President of Bulgaria Margarita Popova, Wang Lequan, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC.......

National Briefing | Washington: Ruling on West Virginia Mine Will Be Appealed

Source country nytimes mardi 22 mai 2012 17 h 38 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Entités: Logan County[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

The Obama administration said Monday that it would appeal a ruling by a federal judge that the Environmental Protection Agency illegally vetoed a major coal mining project in West Virginia....

Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town

Source country nytimes mardi 22 mai 2012 17 h 38 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

Treece, Kan., has been torn down and may soon be erased from maps. But don’t tell that to the Busbys, who live there....

South Africa: Three key infrastructure projects up and running - Zuma

Source country 7thspace mardi 22 mai 2012 17 h 34 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] protecting the environment[1];

Entités: Tim Harris[1]; Jacob Zuma[1];

Autres catégories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market;

Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System Date: 22 May 2012 Title: Three key infrastructure projects up and running - Zuma -------------------- Cape Town - Three key infrastructure projects have been ......

articles publiés plus de 12 heures il y a

Push for Coral Sea protection

Source country radioaustralianews mardi 22 mai 2012 17 h 19 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] environmental protection[1];

Entités: Marine Park[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

Last Updated: Mon, 21 May 2012 09:42:00 +1000 More than 400,000 people have made submissions to an Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Coral Sea, with 99.9 per cent calling for greater environmental protection. The Coral Sea extends east from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and is bounded.......

Cross-border river water quality improves: minister

Source country xinhuanet_en mardi 22 mai 2012 17 h 05 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] environmental protection[2];

Entités: Jilin Province[2]; Zhou Shengxian[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

CHANGCHUN, May 22 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental protection minister on Tuesday told a conference on controlling pollution in Songhua River that the river's water quality has improved significantly over the past five years. The extent of pollution in the Songhua River, which flows into a.......

Justice Ministry proposes bill that would expand the state's power to tap phones

Source country haaretz mardi 22 mai 2012 17 h 00 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[2];

Entités: Yaakov Neeman[1]; Michael Eitan[1]; Israel Antiquities Authority[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Consumers; Environment (general);

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Michael Eitan wrote: "The Justice Ministry is endangering the privacy of Israel's citizens, and the question that must be asked is, what for?" "Why significantly endanger the privacy of Israel's citizens in order to transfer information to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, the Environmental Protection Ministry, the Agriculture Ministry and other agencies? They are entrusted with important matters, but not more important than the privacy of the country's citizens"

A Justice Ministry bill that would expand the state's power to track cell phone and e-mail conversations has provoked outrage from privacy advocates. The bill would almost double the number of state agencies allowed to access such data when conducting investigations....

50 yards near insecticide plant have pollutants

Source country newschannel5 mardi 22 mai 2012 16 h 38 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

Federal environmental officials say all 50 yards near an old insecticide plant in Louisville show elevated levels of contaminants....

Rwanda: Dev't Budget Up By 4.6 Percent

Source country allafrica mardi 22 mai 2012 16 h 10 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] protecting the environment[1];

Autres catégories: Développement;

[New Times] THE Government is set to increase spending on infrastructure projects in the next fiscal year as it seeks to further make doing business and to boost the country's economic growth in the medium term....

'Last Call' Sounds Water Alarm in Dry World

Source country voanews mardi 22 mai 2012 15 h 44 CEST | info [fr] [other]

Mots-clés [EnvironmentalProtection] Environmental Protection[1];

Entités: Tim Barnett[1]; Robert F Kennedy[2]; Lake Mead[1]; Julia Roberts[1]; Erin Brokovich[1];

Autres catégories: Écologie; Environment (general);

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Erin Brokovich says: “I have to tell you, in every community I am involved with, it will be a mother whose child is being affected that’s going to come out and really have something to say,”

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich sounds the alarm on the world's water crisis in the documentary "Last Call at the Oasis," by Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu. The film highlights water pollution, depletion and potential wars over vanishing water resources....

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