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	Defra, UK - News - News releases: Environment Secretary challenges local authorities to use new powers to improve ...
		Everyone will soon have access to detailed information on the cleanliness and quality of their local environment, Environment Secretary, Margaret Beckett, announced at a meeting with council leaders today.
		Over the course of the next two years, all districts in England will be scrutinised on everything from the number of weed-ridden and litter-strewn streets, to the quality of the litter bin collections.
		Public opinion surveys have shown that people living in deprived areas are just as concerned about the environment as other people, and listed pollution, poor public transport and the appearance of their neighbourhoods as major concerns (Social Exclusion Unit 1998).
	www.defra.gov.uk /news/2006/060126a.htm (1117 words)

	Margaret Thatcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was given early promotion to the front bench as Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance in September 1961, keeping the post until the Conservatives lost power in the 1964 election.
		Thatcher also continued the policy of "Ulsterisation" of the previous Labour government and its Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Roy Mason, believing that the unionists of Northern Ireland should be at the forefront in combating Irish republicanism.
		Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine, who had pushed the Agusta deal, resigned in protest at her style of leadership, and remained an influential critic and potential leadership challenger.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_Thatcher (7836 words)

	Secretary Norton and Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alberto Cardenas-Jimenez, Agree to Extend ...
		Secretary Norton and Mexico's Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alberto Cardenas-Jimenez, Agree to Extend Wildfire Protection Agreement for Additional Ten Years
		WASHINGTON-Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton and her recently appointed Mexican counterpart, Alberto Cardenas-Jimenez, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), today signed an agreement to extend cooperation on wildfire protection for the next ten years.
		Today, Secretaries Norton and Cardenas asked the NPS and CONANP to finalize a proposal for a new sister park designation for 2004.
	www.doi.gov /news/031113a.htm (409 words)

	environment, environments- WordWeb dictionary definition
		"he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"
		Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, situation, state of affairs
		Encyclopedia: Environment Environment, Food, Rural Affairs Secretary Environment, choice, and sexual orientation
	www.wordwebonline.com /en/ENVIRONMENT (44 words)

	Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada designated Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez, as head of the Mexican Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources, on September 2, 2003.
		He has developed his political path inside the National Action Party, PAN, as member of the Executive National Committee, Secretary of Studies of the Managerial Municipal Committee in Guzmán City and as project leader he headed electoral internal and external processes, obtaining the following victories: two interiors, two exteriors, two locals and two federal.
		The Secretary is an Industrial Engineer, graduated from the Technological Institute of Guzmán City, Jalisco.
	www.oecd.org /document/46/0,2340,en_21571361_27379763_31506798_1_1_1_1,00.html (435 words)

	UNEP
		British environment secretary John Gummer and Eileen Claussen, US Assistant Secretary of State for International Environmental Affairs, refused to pay their nations'subscriptions for 1997.
		To shake up the organisation, the US and the European Union want to wrest control of its operations from a board of Nairobi-based diplomats, known as the permanent representatives, who are supported by most developing countries.
		The world's usable soil would be reduced because nema todes couldn't be controlled." Maria Nolan from Britain's Department of the Environment, who also sits on the committee, denied that the science had been subverted but agreed that "the issue is highly controversial and many people believe the agenda has been driven by the US".
	www.dhushara.com /book/diversit/extra/unep.htm (1060 words)

	U.K. environment secretary moots higher taxes on those causing pollution
		The Mail on Sunday claimed Sunday it has access to a letter written by environment secretary David Miliband to chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown, which has detailed proposals on the tax measures with an idea to change the attitude of people towards environment and make those who pollute the environment pay dearly.
		Miliband has urged Gordon to impose additional taxes to curb car use and ownership and a steep increase in road tax, saying market-based instruments, including taxes, need to play a substantial role.
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	www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/9933.html (557 words)

	TRIO \| Lichtinger named Mexican environment secretary - Winter 2000-2001
		Former CEC Executive Director Victor Lichtinger has been appointed as Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources in the new Mexican government of President Vicente Fox.
		He gained wide recognition for his work in establishing an objective, credible body responsive to the needs of civil society and a rallying point for cooperation among the three NAFTA partners in addressing environmental issues of common concern.
		Lichtinger served as co-chair of the environmental transition team for the incoming government until his appointment as environment secretary.
	www.cec.org /trio/stories/index.cfm?varlan=english&ed=2&ID=11 (305 words)

	Protecting Our Nation's Environment
		Laura Bush is applauded by Hawaiian Gov. Linda Lingle, left, at the Northwest Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument Naming Ceremony, Friday, March 2, 2007 in Honolulu, where Laura Bush unveiled the new Hawaiian name as the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
		We have now reached a pivotal moment where advances in technology are creating new ways to improve energy security, strengthen national security, and protect the environment.
		Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's National Parks Centennial Initiative
	www.whitehouse.gov /infocus/environment (1030 words)

	Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme
		An Indo-UK research programme on the impacts of climate change in India was launched on the 18 August 2000 in New Delhi, India.
		India's Ministry of the Environment & Forests (MoEF) and the UK's Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), have joined forces on a three-year study into the potential effects of global warming over the next 80 years.
		John Prescott, UK Environment Secretary, has announced a £180bn 10-year transport plan which majors on bypasses and road widenings rather than new roads, with a goal of reducing traffic congestion by 2010, compared with current levels.
	www.ace.mmu.ac.uk /Newsletter/0900.html (1701 words)

	UK Environment Secretary exposes G8 rift on global warming
		The British Government is deeply disappointed that President George Bush has not made a greater commitment to tackling climate change before the G8 summit, the Environment Secretary has disclosed.
		In a rare, outspoken critique of the US position on global warming, Margaret Beckett told The Independent of the Government’s frustration at the lack of “common ground” with Washington on the need for action on the environment.
		The US has consistently blocked attempts by Britain to put progress on tackling climate change alongside G8’s moves to scrap African debt at the Gleneagles meeting of the leading industrialised nations next month.
	www.guerrillanews.com /headlines/3351/UK_Environment_Secretary_exposes_G8_rift_on_global_warming (480 words)

	Latest News - Former NACEC Executive Director Victor Lichtinger appointed as Mexico's environment secretary
		I know he brings a deep commitment to the environmental agenda, and this will be good for both Mexico and all of North America.
		NACEC was created by the NAFTA environmental side accord to build cooperation between Canada, Mexico and the United States in addressing the opportunities and challenges that continent-wide free trade presents in the protection of the North American environment.
		The NACEC Council, the organization's governing body, is composed of the environment ministers (or equivalent) of each of the NAFTA countries.
	www.cec.org /news/details/index.cfm?varlan=english&ID=2233 (237 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Labour Party - McConnell row with Environment Secretary on nuclear waste
		McConnell row with Environment Secretary on nuclear waste
		But David Miliband, the UK Environment Secretary, said: "We should not have central diktats", adding that it was for local authorities in Scotland, England or Wales to come forward and volunteer to accept nuclear waste.
		Scottish drivers are now more likely to be breathalysed – have your say.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=478&id=1584342006 (1229 words)

	Department of the Environment and Water Resources - Ministers
		Department of the Environment and Water Resources - Ministers
		Minister and Assistant Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
		Assistant Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
	www.deh.gov.au /minister (35 words)

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