Think Global, Act Local ; PUBLIC SECTOR ++ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ++ If You Want to Protect the Environment, Help Your Local Authority Implement a Strategy, Says Nick Jackson
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By Nick Jackson  If you have a burning passion to protect the environment and appreciate that some of the best work in this respect is done on a local level, then volunteering for your council or a governmental agency could kickstart a rewarding career.
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Activists warn Ugandan gov't of looming environmental crisis    KAMPALA, Sept.7 (Xinhua) -- Environmental activists in Uganda have warned of a looming environmental crisis in the east African country if the government does not take major steps to avert the disaster.
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LONDON, UK, September 15, 2004 (ENS) - Immediate action is needed to tackle global warming, "the world's greatest environmental challenge," Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday night. Blair called it a challenge "so far-reaching in its impact and irreversible in its destructive power, that it alters radically human existence."
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By Breeding, Marshall  Taking care of the environment is an issue in which I've long had a strong personal interest. While I'm far from an activist, I try to follow practices that do the least harm to the environment.
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By The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 5--Sustainable Connections' Food & Farming program will sponsor the second annual Buy Fresh Eat Local Week and Eat Local Pledge, Sept. 10-16.
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Comprehensive reform is vital to promote environmental protection, says an editorial in Southern Metropolis Daily. An excerpt follows:  The public feels powerless to do anything about the deteriorating environment. Anxiety and indifference are common responses.
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By ASHLEY KINDERGAN, SPECIAL TO THE RECORD  If state funds for environmental preservation are allowed to dry up next year, the burden of creating and maintaining green space will fall to counties and municipalities, local officials said.
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Experts are to encourage local authorities to toughen up their approach to tackling anti-social behaviour.  Is this the right way to tackle yob culture?
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By Justin Harper, Daily Mail, London  Feb. 17--One of the key themes in politics and business this year is  saving the planet. The World Economic Forum meeting in Davos focused on the  need for governments to fight climate change. Big businesses are starting to  take heed.
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Pan Yue's job as deputy director of China's top environmental agency has given him the opportunity to put environmentalism on the national agenda.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - It could be the Toyota Prius of the two-wheeled world - transport with green credentials that lets you show off how much you are doing to save the planet.
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By Mary Macdonald, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Jun. 2--Used to be fixing the sewers, adding sidewalks and getting the  trash picked up on time was enough.    Now cities feel they need to help save the planet.
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Comment is free: Julian Glover: Government exists to achieve tasks individuals cannot tackle alone. On the environmental crisis, it has badly failed.
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By Andrew Foxwell, Financial Mail on Sunday, London  Feb. 4--Insurers and businesses must pool their resources to tackle the  rising cost of environmental liability claims, a leading insurance broker has  said.
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Action is needed to protect British wildlife from the effects of a changing climate, a report says.
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The Government&#39;s chief scientist has warned the world must act fast to combat global warming or face the dire consequences. Professor Sir David King said climate change cannot be avoided and that &quot;action is affordable, inaction is not&quot;.
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By Kemper, Steve  Save the deer, lose the suburban ecosystem. Save the sea lions, lose the salmon.  In recent years, basic safeguards of land, air, water and species have been weakened or threatened on the grounds that regulations are too protectionist.