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Fisheries authority considers streaming video from boats to ensure safety of marine life

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 11 Nov 2016
The plan could also help protect the authority's on-board observers in rare instances where their daily reports expose them to aggression and threats from the crews with whom they spend weeks or months at sea ... Dr Findlay revealed the agency's ambitions during a senate estimates hearing last week....

How will the election affect policy toward the environment? (Stanford University)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
Trump can probably undo the executive order-driven Clean Power Plan commitments, but the courts have already required the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gasses under the Clean Air Act, so it may go back to the EPA for another try ... Environmental Protection Agency be affected by a President Trump? ... We need good, smart people in government agencies....

CIA Launches Signature School Program at The University of New Mexico (CIA - Central Intelligence Agency)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency) ... The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) today launched its Signature School Program at The University of New Mexico (UNM) ... The program will deepen cooperation between the Agency and the UNM and result in more opportunities for students and faculty to engage Agency officers and learn about employment opportunities ... Central Intelligence Agency....

CIA launches Signature School Program at The University of New Mexico (The University of New Mexico)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) today launched its Signature School Program at The University of New Mexico (UNM) ... The program will deepen cooperation between the Agency and UNM and result in more opportunities for students and faculty to engage Agency officers and learn about employment opportunities ... This initiative builds on the Director's commitment to strengthening diversity and inclusion at the Agency....

State of Emergency in Tennessee from Continued Drought and Wildfire Threats (TEMA - Tennessee Emergency Management Agency)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
TEMA - Tennessee Emergency Management Agency) ... This evening the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) activated the Tennessee Emergency Management Plan (TEMP) in response to the drought and wildfire impacts, and continued threat, in the State ... About the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency ... TEMA - Tennessee Emergency Management Agency ......

Russia upholds LinkedIn ban

Edit Arabnews 11 Nov 2016
A Russian court has upheld a decision to block the website of social networking company LinkedIn Corp., Interfax news agency reported, setting a precedent for the way foreign Internet firms operate in the country ... Moscow has said the law, introduced in 2014 but never previously enforced, is aimed at protecting Russians’ personal data....

Tree census to begin on November 20

Edit The Times of India 11 Nov 2016
A private agency appointed by the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) will start tree census will begin in the city from November 20 using GPS/GIS ... The agency will carry out its first GIS/GPS-based tree census in the city spread over 259 sq km ... The process will be executed under the provisions of Section 7(b) of the Maharashtra (urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975, and the guidance of the Bombay high court....

Chernobyl nuclear reactor to get new protective confinement

Edit Newstrack India 11 Nov 2016
Kiev, Nov 11 (IANS) Ukraine will cover the destroyed Chernobyl reactor No.4 with a new protective confinement -- the Arch, in the near future, a minister announced on Thursday ... The new protective cover will replace the old Chernobyl shelter to transform the nuclear power plant into an environmentally safe facility....

Watchdog points finger at Renault

Edit Business Day 11 Nov 2016
Paris — Renault faced a criminal probe in France after the country’s consumer fraud agency passed a file to prosecutors detailing suspicions that its engines had broken emissions laws, the government said, sending the car manufacturer’s shares lower on Thursday ... Neither the company nor the government would describe the focus of the fraud agency investigation when contacted by Reuters....

Bristol Law expert assists BBC in exposing sham practices of distribution firms (University of Bristol)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
'What cost online shopping?', which airs on BBC1 on Friday 11 November at 7.30pm, highlights the practices of an agency, AHC Services Limited, which hires drivers to deliver parcels for third parties ... With Professor Novitz, he confirmed there was potential disregard for health and safety protections - vehicles 'hired' to drivers were not always roadworthy, and drivers were expected to work longer than UK regulations stipulate....

Governor McCrory Announces Additional Funds Available to Help Communities Recover from Hurricane Matthew (DPS - North Carolina Department of Public Safety)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved funding to cover additional expenses to help communities in 12 counties recover and rebuild from Hurricane Matthew ... Those affected counties previously were approved for federal Public Assistance funds to address clearing storm-related debris and emergency protective measures....

Governor McCrory Announces Additional Funds Available to Help Communities Recover from Hurricane Matthew (The Office of the Governor of the State of North Carolina)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved funding to cover additional expenses to help communities in 12 counties recover and rebuild from Hurricane Matthew ... Those affected counties previously were approved for federal Public Assistance funds to address clearing storm-related debris and emergency protective measures....

Proposed reforms to further protect NSW coastlines (NSW Department of Planning and Environment)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
The Department of Planning and Environment is seeking community feedback on a draft Coastal Management policy that will protect our coastlines by ensuring appropriate development on the ever-changing coastal environment ... We need to protect our coastlines and maintain our prized public access to beaches and foreshore areas ... Original documenthttp.//www.planning.nsw.gov.au/News/2016/Proposed-reforms-to-further-protect-NSW-coastlines....
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