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WITH electricity bills continuing to rise and awareness of environmental matters growing in Jamaica, local businesses and householders showed keen interest in setting up renewable energy systems at a forum on energy last Thursday. Many persons would like to switch to renewable energy sources, such as solar, and reduce th ...more
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Jamaica to benefit from wastewater management project
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
JAMAICA is one of four Caribbean and Central American countries that will benefit from a US$15-million pilot project that seeks to reform and finance the management of wastewater in the region. It is hoped that the project — the Global Environ ...more
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No new building for NEPA soon
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
MINISTER of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Robert Pickerskill has made no indication that the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be receiving the well-needed office location that they are seeking any time soon. In a to ...more
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ODPEM moves to bolster Jamaica's readiness for quakes
Sunday, January 29, 2012
TO help limit the fallout from a major earthquake, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has been working with critical sectors to have them integrate disaster risk reduction practices into their operations. ...more
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Crackdown on Caymanas development
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
IN just over a week’s time, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and New Era Homes are to take the first steps towards regularising a multi-billion dollar housing development started without the requisite approval from the environmental regu ...more
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Pickersgill answers sceptics
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
THE appointment of Jamaica’s new man with responsibility for the environment has been met with a noticeable lack of enthusiasm from the local green lobby, who are sceptical of his ability to perform in an area where he lacks experience and whic ...more
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Blue Lagoon untouchable?
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
FOR the next five months at least, no development can take place at the Blue Lagoon in Portland — including the hotly debated Pellew Island project — as steps are taken to have the area declared a national monument. "The JNHT (Jamaica Na ...more
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Pickersgill gives water project thumbs up
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
MINISTER of Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Robert Pickersgill last week said he was satisfied with work done so far under the National Water Commission's (NWC's) Jamaica Water Supply Improvement Project (JWSIP). JWSIP, a $17-billion pr ...more
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Chang wants urgent action on development orders and more
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
OPPOSITION spokesman on environment Dr Horace Chang has urged action on a number of areas he considers crucial to the sustainable management of Jamaica's natural environment. His comments come as Robert Pickersgill settles into his (Chang's) old off ...more
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British scientists say Caribbean yields deepest ever 'black smoker' vents
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
LONDON, England (CMC) — British scientists say a group of volcanic vents on the Caribbean seafloor are the deepest discovered to date, adding that another field of vents on a nearby submerged mountain suggests that so-called "black smoker hydro ...more
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Communities trained in sea turtle monitoring
Sunday, January 15, 2012
RESIDENTS of Treasure Beach in St Elizabeth, Bluefields in Westmoreland as well as Hope Bay and Winnifred Beach in Portland all came together recently to learn about the value of sea turtles and how to monitor the 2011 nesting season. They were brou ...more
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Bird flu research triggers bio-war fear
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Hong Kong slaughtered 17,000 birds last month, not in preparation for Christmas but because a single chicken at the Cheung Sha Wan wholesale market had tested positive for bird flu. The precaution was not overblown; in 1997, the island's authorities ...more
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Stirring Jamaican entrepreneurship towards carbon trading
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Climate change has created an imperative to transition our global society towards low carbon economies to help lessen its imminent impacts. These economies would foster less dependence on fossil fuels and embed practices across all sectors that would ...more
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Gov't to place big focus on climate change
Saturday, January 14, 2012
NEWLY appointed Cabinet minister Robert Pickersgill wants the country to be sensitised about the importance of climate change, one of his portfolios. "I think it is fair to say that many Jamaicans are not as acquainted as they ought to be about the e ...more
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Joan Gordon-Webley: 'I'm ready to help'
Sunday, January 08, 2012
JOAN Gordon-Webley has offered a helping hand to the new management of the National Waste Authority (NSWMA), which she successfully headed before tendering her resignation after four years, in the interest of re-entering representational politics a f ...more
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Nature bears witness
Sunday, January 08, 2012
This hawk joined the 10,000 or so guests, who last Thursday witnessed the swearing of Jamaica's new prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller at King's House in Kingston last Thursday. (Photo: Bryan Cummings) Nature bears witness --> more
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Study of large land deals warns of threat to poor
Sunday, January 01, 2012
THE most comprehensive study of large land acquisitions in developing countries to date — published online on December 14 by the International Land Coalition (ILC) — has found more evidence of harm than benefits. More than 40 organisatio ...more
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Lobbyists urge more action from new administration
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
TALK is cheap' is the overwhelming sentiment of players in the local environmental lobby who have come on record to itemise their list of needs from the political party that will form the next government. Topping that list is the requirement for les ...more
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Environmental advocates unimpressed by PNP, JLP manifestos
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
'GREEN' lobbyists have judged as largely superficial the environmental promises entailed in the manifestos of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) — the two major contenders for control of the next government. T ...more
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Capacity-building project for at-risk communities successful
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
A project aimed at strengthening the capacity of nearly 60 vulnerable communities to manage and mitigate disasters has been hailed a success by Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Ronald Jac ...more
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Eco-friendly appliances promise holiday savings
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
IT'S the time of year for merry making, but when the fireworks have ended and the fruit cake is finished, inflated electric bills are sure to sour the spirit of the season. And the culprits? Environmentally incompatible appliances — those hous ...more
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Windalco silent on internal investigations into Rio Cobre fish kill
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
MORE than four months after being blamed for the fish kill at the Rio Cobre in July, the West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) has refused to reveal the status of their internal investigations into the incident. "We are aware of the concerns surrou ...more
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St Jago Cathedral Prep brings down curtain on 2011 'green' efforts
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
ST Jago Cathedral Preparatory School has, for a second year running, demonstrated what good environmental stewards they are. Late last month, members of the school's Environment Club brought the curtain down on their 'green' efforts for 20 ...more
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Curious croc?
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The American crocodile Wally makes his way from his pond during the launch of Jamaica Broilers' free range chicken at McCook's Pen in Catherine on December 13. The crocodile is said to emerge from the pond each afternoon at about noon. On December 13 ...more
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