Surabaya links waste-site enforcement to lawful operating routes
Surabaya cleared illegal waste activity from seven municipal sites in October while offering compliant operators help with formalization.
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France Makes Hornet Control Respond to Local Pressure
France’s adopted hornet-control plan organizes responses around local pressure and selective methods.
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Japan’s Nature Survey Separates Area From Habitat Continuity
Japan’s new nature survey synthesis brings decades of observations into one account of ecological change.
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Tarascon’s Closed Mill Still Needs Its Environmental Utilities
France has authorized urgent ADEME intervention at the liquidated Fibre Excellence Provence mill in Tarascon.
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Umbria’s Blue Deal Now Has to Become a Funded Water Plan
Umbria’s assembly has unanimously directed the regional government to create an integrated Blue Deal.
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Canada’s Tilbury Decision Tests Coordinated Impact Assessment
Canada has approved the Tilbury Phase 2 LNG expansion after a substituted British Columbia assessment, relying on legally binding federal conditions and provincial mechanisms to reduce duplication while retaining environmental and Indigenous protections.
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Scotland Has Made Environmental Evidence Mandatory for Large Data Centers
From 17 September, every proposed Scottish data center above 50 megawatts requires an Environmental Impact Assessment.
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China’s New Soil Standard Looks Where Leaks Are Hardest to See
China’s HJ 1478-2026 standard narrows routine pollution-hazard checks toward higher-risk hidden infrastructure while making leak detection, fixed checklists, remediation ledgers and inspection cycles more specific for key regulated facilities.
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Brazil Connects Water Reuse to the Rules That Govern Pollution
Conama has approved three linked national measures covering non-potable reuse of treated sewage, risk-tiered aquaculture licensing and updated effluent controls, joining water supply alternatives to pollution prevention and regulatory information.
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England’s Nature-Restoration Levy Makes Ecological Capacity a Planning Gate
New guidance shows how England’s Nature Restoration Fund will let qualifying developers replace specified project-level mitigation with a levy, while Environmental Delivery Plans ration capacity and Natural England carries delivery and enforcement responsibility.
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