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Scottish Affairs Committee concern over renewables support

Edit BBC News 25 Jul 2016
The Scottish Affairs Committee heard evidence of uncertainty in the sector caused by recent changes to subsidies for renewable electricity generation ... "The creation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy puts climate change at the heart of our energy and industrial strategy, ensuring economic prosperity and security for our country....

Taiwan suffers drop in mainland visitors

Edit China Daily 25 Jul 2016
True, Zhang Zhijun, head of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, has said there are no "quota" restrictions on person-to-person exchange across the Taiwan Straits, but many mainland residents' decision not to visit the island can still be attributed to Tsai's reluctance to accept the 1992 Consensus and its core principle of one China....

EDITORIAL: Preserve biodiversity

Edit The Himalayan 25 Jul 2016
With a view to preserving and promoting these invaluable plants and plant resources, the government, through the Department of Plant Resources under the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, has drafted a Bill to make legal provisions for the study, research, identification, protection, conservation and sustainable management of the indigenous plants....

Maharashtra govt forms SICOM to fasten process for setting up industries

Edit DNA India 25 Jul 2016
"Officers from around 16 departments have... Out of these, 8,497 projects (44.6%) with an investment of Rs 2,62,631 crore (23.9%) with proposed employment of 11.24 lakh were commissioned and 2,108 projects with an investment of Rs 87,701 crore and proposed employment of 3.98 lakh are under execution," noted the Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2015-16....

U.K. Wind Farm Ban May Cost Scotland $3.9 Billion, Lawmakers Say

Edit Bloomberg 25 Jul 2016
The Scottish government’s views weren’t considered when former Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative government said it would end new subsidies for the technology, according to a report issued Monday by the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee. Scotland currently hosts about 60 percent of the U.K.’s onshore wind capacity....

Conservation Week 2016 (Ministry of Education of New Zealand)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jul 2016
Ministry of Education of New Zealand) 25 July 2016. Conservation Week is the Department of Conservation's annual event to celebrate our nature ... Conservation Week is the Department of Conservation's (DOC's) annual event celebrating our nature and giving all New Zealanders a chance to get active in conservation ... The week is all about raising awareness of the value of the physical, social, environmental and economic benefits of nature....

Foreign Ministry to Recruit and Send a Youth Delegation to the... (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jul 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea) ... The young delegates will be selected after the review of the applicants' work plans and interviews ... Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea published this content on 24 July 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

Special Envoy of the President to Attend the Inauguration Cere... (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jul 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea) ... Special envoy Yoo will attend the inauguration ceremony of new President Kuczynski and extend congratulations to him ... Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea published this content on 24 July 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

Richard Power: Uncertain times for the energy sector after Leave

Edit Scotsman 25 Jul 2016
Much will depend on whether the UK strikes a new deal to provide access to the Internal Energy ­Market and the effect of Article 50 negotiations on the UK and European economies ... The potential general economic downturn could be exacerbated by the loss of EU funding for UK energy infrastructure projects such as offshore wind farms, which as ‘projects of common interest' would have been ­eligible to access EU financial ­support....

DoE starts installing air quality monitoring stations

Edit The Himalayan 25 Jul 2016
The Department of Environment has started installing air quality monitoring stations to collect and disseminate data on air quality to all stakeholders, from policy makers to the general public ... According to the Director General at Department of Environment Ganesh Kumar Shrestha, six more stations will be installed in Khumaltar, Machchhegaun, Teku, Bhaktapur, Chandragiri, Kapan and Maharajgunj....

DIVIDED AMERICA: Clinton highlights lack of women in office

Edit The Miami Herald 25 Jul 2016
They both hope to add to the meager ranks of America's female elected officials come January. You know about Clinton, but probably not Thomas — a conservative Republican, opponent of abortion and Obamacare, former general counsel of Florida's Department of Elder Affairs ... EDITOR'S NOTE — This story is part of Divided America, AP's ongoing exploration of the economic, social and political divisions in American society....

2 years after Ferguson, recriminations roil governor's race

Edit Business Insider 25 Jul 2016
2, 2016, are pledging an aggressive law-and-order approach, two years after the fatal Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown prompted widespread protests ... Justice Department and a state grand jury both declined to press charges ... Candidates often can win Republican votes by denouncing crime and disorder in the big cities, said Joseph Cernik, chairman of the Public Affairs and Administration Department at Lindenwood University in St....

Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland needs free movement of people

Edit Scotsman 25 Jul 2016
“Our economic interests – safeguarding free movement of labour, access to a single market of 500 million people and the funding that our farmers and universities depend on ... “It is clear that a substantial change of direction is needed, one that encourages investment, and creates the high-skilled, well-paid jobs that will support economic growth and raise living standards across Scotland and the UK.”....
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