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Chief Executive Officer, Caribbean Climate Innovation Center, Carlinton Burrell.

Enterprising Entrepreneurs Encouraged To Participate In Climate Launchpad Programme

By: Rosheika Grant, April 20, 2021

The Caribbean Climate Innovation Center (CCIC) is encouraging prospective entrepreneurs with clean technology (cleantech) ideas to participate in the upcoming ClimateLaunchpad initiative. The engagement is deemed potentially capable of transforming promising ideas...

Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council (JCCYC) Associate Director, Emme Christie.

Climate Change Youth Council Staging Activities To Mark Earth Day On April 22

By: Rosheika Grant, April 19, 2021

Manager for the Applications Secretariat Branch, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Miguel Nelson.

NEPA Reminding Persons To Renew Sludge And Wastewater Licence

By: Colleen Dawkins, March 24, 2021

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Applications Secretariat Branch Manager at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Miguel Nelson, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 16 about the agency's permit and licence renewal process.

5 years ago Environment

Applications for Renewal of Environmental Permits Must Be Delivered to NEPA

Applications for the renewal of environmental permits must be delivered to the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), says Applications Secretariat Branch Manager, Miguel Nelson. While the Jamaica Development Application...

By: CHARNELE HENRY, March 20, 2021

Manager for the Applications Secretariat Branch of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Miguel Nelson, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 16.

5 years ago Environment

NEPA Calls On Persons To Renew Environmental Permits

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is urging persons holding environmental permits to renew them before the March 31, 2021 deadline. “The agency is encouraging all business operators, all...

By: Charnele Henry, March 17, 2021

Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead.

5 years ago CommunityCoronavirusEnvironment

March 15 Is World Consumer Rights Day

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will be observing World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2021 on Monday, March 15 under the theme ‘The COVID-Conscious Consumer: Food Security, Waste Disposal and Money...

By: ROSHEIKA GRANT, March 13, 2021

Environmental Manager at the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Errol Mortley (left), and NROCC Managing Director, Ivan Anderson, participate in a tree-planting exercise along the North-South Highway in the vicinity of the Linstead Toll Plaza earlier this year. NROCC partnered with the Rotaract Club of the University of the West Indies, Mona, to plant 400 trees as part of the Prime Minister’s Three Million Trees Initiative.

5 years ago EnvironmentWorks / Construction

NROCC To Plant 30,000 Trees Over Four Years

The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) is planning to plant more than 30,000 trees in the next three to four years. In an interview with JIS News, Environmental...

By: Peta-Gay Hodges, March 11, 2021

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (centre), cuts the ribbon to launch the first of three model housing units under phase one of the Edmund Ridge Estate in Rose Hall, St. James, on Thursday (February 25). He is joined by (from left) Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams; Director of Henan Fifth Construction Group Company Limited, Dong Wong; and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, after whom the development is named.

5 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentHousingUrban Renewal

First Model Units Launched at Edmund Ridge Estate

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., officially launched the first of three model housing units under phase one of the new Edmund Ridge Estate...

By: Okoye Henry, February 27, 2021

5 years ago Budget 2021/2022Environment

Plastic Waste Minimisation Project Gets $32.9 Million

The Government is to complete a Regulatory Impact Assessment and National Strategy and Action Plan for integrated waste management for Jamaica, in the upcoming financial year. This is to be...

By: Alecia Smith, February 26, 2021

5 years ago Budget 2021/2022Environment

Gene Bank For Negril Great Morass Rehabilitation To Be Completed In 2021/22

Establishment of the gene bank for the rehabilitation of the Negril Great Morass in Westmoreland is to be completed during the upcoming financial year. Setting up of the gene bank,...

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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

5 years ago Environment

Supermarkets Encouraged To Engage In Recycling Projects

The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change is calling for more supermarkets to engage in eco-friendly practices, such as recycling. “I am encouraging supermarkets, grocery stores and...

By: Colleen Dawkins, February 25, 2021

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Applications for Renewal of Environmental Permits Must Be Delivered to NEPA

NEPA Calls On Persons To Renew Environmental Permits

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