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USEPA to Publish all Official Calendars: Bold New Step or Token Measure?
Both during his campaign and since assuming office, U.S. President Obama has repeatedly emphasized the importance that transparency and accountability play in his governing philosophy. In fact, just a day after the inauguration, the president issued this memo directing federal agencies and departments to ensure that their affairs are “transparent,” “participatory,” and “collaborative.”
Community takes oil giant to task...demand direct role in environmental management of drilling project
Limbe, SW - You know you are nearly there from the unending file of fuel trucks lining both sides of the winding double-carriage road.
“There is a perpetual risk of one crashing into these things,” complains Thomas Nche, deputy mayor of Idenau, who uses the road everyday. “There are no warning signs.”
The two-kilometre stretch outside the country’s lone petroleum refinery is only one example of how development could come with problems.
Since the creation of the National Oil Refinery (SONARA) 30 years ago, locals suspect gas flaring from the seaside facility is poisoning their air.
Construyendo una Estrategia de Información Ambiental en Ecuador / Building a Strategy for Environmental Information in Ecuador
El día 28 de mayo, se llevó a cabo en las oficinas del Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental (CEDA) la primera reunión del Comité de Gestión de la Estrategia de Información Ambiental, conformado por: CONESUP, SENPLADES, Ministerio de Ambiente, FLACSO, Ministerio de Coordinación de Patrimonio Natural y Cultural; y, CEDA.
Se realizó en Quito el Foro Transparencia y Acceso a la Información en el Ecuador / Transparency and Access to Information...
La Defensoría del Pueblo y Coalición Acceso organizaron el pasado 27 de mayo el Foro de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información en Ecuador, con motivo de los cinco años de aplicación de la Ley Orgánica de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública (LOTAIP).
