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Paperitalo Environmental News
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Environment Minister says Dominica gov’t is ensuring follow-up actions at Deux Branches quarry amidst public criticism
Hon. Cozier FrederickWith some Dominicans voicing their concerns about the ongoing quarrying in the Deux Branches area, Minister for the Environment, Cozier Frederick, has chimed in to assure members of the public that his ministry is taking its … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
| | | Senate passes FY26 Interior-Environment appropriations bill with bipartisan support
The U.S. Senate has approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act with a vote of 82-15. The House of Representatives passed the bill last week by a margin of 397 to 28. The legislation now moves to the … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
| | | Congress passes FY 2026 Interior-Environment appropriations bill with bipartisan support
The U.S. Senate has passed the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act with a vote of 82-15. The House of Representatives approved the bill last week by a margin of 397 to 28. The legislation allocates $38.6 billion … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
| | | Forest Service and Cal Fire renew statewide wildfire response agreement
VALLEJO, Calif. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region and Cal Fire have renewed the California Fire Master Agreement — extending a long-standing framework for mutual wildfire response and cooperative risk-reduction … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
| | | 40% canopy cover in Aravallis can earn green credits, says environment minister
Organisations can approach the Union environment ministry to take up afforestation in the Aravallis under the Green Credit scheme, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav said on Wednesday.
The Green Credit programme can be taken up in many degraded … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
| | | The State of the Science 1 Year On: Environment
Part 6 of “The State of the Science 1 Year On,” a report from Eos and AGU
Overview
Both on the campaign trail and during his time in office, President Donald Trump has spoken about wanting clean air and water for Americans. He even established a Make … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
| | | Judge strikes down Forest Service logging loophole
Monique Merrill
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — In a win for conservation groups, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Forest Service from relying on a decades-old exemption to approve large logging projects without environmental review.
A trio of environmental groups — … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
| | | 'I wouldn't be playing for England if I hadn't joined Nottingham Forest': ELLIOT ANDERSON on going to a new level at the City Ground, leaving Newcastle, Thomas Tuchel's crucial pep talk, his World Cup 'dream' and the manager that changed his career
Elliot Anderson always knew he was a good footballer. He couldn’t ignore the evidence. He was on the books of Newcastle United from the age of eight.
But for a while he hid from the obvious. He turned away from it. He played it down at school. The need to … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
| | | Puerto Rico’s National Forest Becomes a Living Laboratory for Art and Ecology
For its third exhibition, ArteYUNQUE installed artworks on the Science and Conservation Trail in El Portal de El Yunque. Courtesy ArteYUNQUE | Photo: Adriana Vázquez Avacedo
Bringing art into a protected national rainforest—the largest in the U.S. Forest … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
| | | Dutch dog-owners’ shock at forest ban while wolves roam free
Dog owners in the Netherlands are in shock after a forest in Ulvenhout, in the province of North Brabant, was suddenly declared off-limits this week.
Authorities say dogs damage nature through nitrogen emissions from their waste.
Wolves on the other hand … Friday, January 16, 2026 12:23 am EST
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