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New amendments will include legally-binding 2030 species target and measures to reduce sewage discharges into rivers.

A post-Brexit bill triggering the biggest shake-up of the UK's environmental regulation in decades has returned to parliament today following delays.

Total waste of time … especially in light of the latest CDC guidance. “especially in light of the latest CDC guidance.” Plus it prevents putting safeguards in place to get ahead of the next pandemic. Not just futile, but dumb. - Just Me 2 - Thursday, May 13, 21 @ 3:14 pm: I will add that frequently members file a new bill after a deadline just to make the language public and easily available, but yeah….these are press pop bills. GQP members continue their war on public health. Can’t...

Canada’s myopic view on ‘genocide’ Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) Genocide is the intentional destruction of a particular group through killing, serious physical or mental harm, preventing births and/or forcibly transferring children to another group and this term has been applied to the experiences of Indigenous peoples in Canada, particularly in the final reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry. U...

House Speaker Louise Stutes informing the House that HB69 will go to the Rules Committee (Photo Credit: Gavel Alaska.) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska State House Sunday has decided to move work on the states budget to the House Rules Committee, House Speaker Louise Stutues saying it is to facilitate a better working relationship with the House Minority and allow more time for conversation. House Bill 69 will be going to the Rules Committee as ...

In fairness to the Tribune, it may have confused its circulation numbers with the population numbers. Conflation and obfuscation, not contrition is the SOP for the Trib editorial board and it’s rightwing columnists. Capt Fax must be on be nice to the Tribbies mode…sad Trashing the state is a continuing theme with no real clear reason. The result has been that nearly no one pays much attentopn to their mish mash anymore. ==it may have confused its circulation numbers with the population numb...

The Weekly Whip - Lords Edition Welcome to the latest Lords edition of the Weekly Whip, covering the goings on in the Upper Chamber in the last week, and a little taste of what’s to come next week. By Humphrey Amos, Apr 23, 2021 5:04 In the Lords we get to grips with the detail of the legislation and improve it; we take part in debates on a whole range of issues; and we question and hold to account government ministers. For up-to-date information about the work of the Lib Dem group in the Lo...

Woodbine Entertainment, Canada’s most experienced sports betting company, congratulated the Government of Canada on passing Private Members Bill C-218 during its Third Reading in the House of Commons today, which will now head to the Senate. If passed, the Bill will legalize single-event sports betting in Canada. “Congratulations to members of the House of Commons for taking another step today towards regulating sports betting in our country that will establish a new industry which has the ...

ADPD could challenge Malta electoral gender-parity law in Constitutional Court Carmel Cacopardo says party considering consitutional challenge to gender-corrective rules for elections 16 April 2021, 9:01am by Matthew Vella Green party ADPD is set to discuss a constitutional challenge to a gender-corrective measure that will increase the parliamentary representation of the under-represented sex in general elections.  The historic gender parity law was supported by both parties in the House, bu...

Gender corrective mechanism to become law as Parliament votes in favour of bill The bill will see more women MPs voted into parliament in the next general election 14 April 2021, 7:20pm by Nicole Meilak 63 MPs voted in favour of the bill, while two voted against. The mechanism hopes to pave the way for more women to become MPs. If the under-represented sex comprises less than 40% of all seats after the election outcome is known, the mechanism will kick in to elect a maximum of 12 additional ...