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Poor turnout for coastal management consultation Auckland Council needs input from the Whangaparāoa community about its coastal areas, but the two presentations it has held so far have been poorly attended. Council chose Whangaparāoa for its first Coastal Management Plan – eventually it will prepare plans covering the whole of Auckland’s coastline. Coastal management is a major issue in the face of erosion and flooding that is getting increasingly worse with sea level rise and the other e...

Nearly 80,000 smart water meters will be rolled out across Auckland in the next four years as part of the citys efforts to cure its water woes. Auckland Council aims to reduce per capita water usage by at least 15 percent by 2050. Photo: 123RF Auckland Council plans to reduce per capita water usage by at least 15 percent by 2050, as part of its water strategy created to help it tackle the citys persisting drought in the midst of climate change and a growing population. The key components of th...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... A lesser prairie chicken perches on a branch in eastern New Mexico on rancher Mack Kizer’s property just southeast of Portales. The bird’s habitat is threatened by drought, overgrazing and energy development. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal PORTALES ...

Share this article Share this article OKLAHOMA CITY, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 14, 2021 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published the first of two proposed range-wide habitat conservation plans (HCP) for public comment for the lesser prairie-chicken ("LPC").  This first HCP will provide range-wide regulatory assurances for wind, solar, electric transmission & distribution lines and communication towers for industry participants who wish to responsibly develop projects under an...

OurCalling, Local Church Ministering to Homeless, Asks City of Dallas for Religious Accommodation 04/08/2021 | 11:29am EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields DALLAS, April 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute sent a letter today to the City of Dallas informing city officials that they are misinterpreting a city ordinance by requiring OurCalling, a local church and homeless ministry, to obtain a permit as a Temporary Inclement Weather Shelter (TIWS). However, the city als...

Under a light drizzle on Friday, the homeless inhabitants of Camp Rhonda, an embattled community that has moved from one site to another, frantically packed their belongings in Pioneer Plaza. The city had given them a deadline to leave, and time was running out. Camp Rhonda moved to the plaza last week to protest the citys ongoing sweeps of homeless encampments and its unwillingness to find solutions for the homeless population. Along with the activists who came to their aid, Camp Rhondas home...

Dying in the streets: the homeless population is growing older and sicker The number of elderly homeless is expected to triple by the end of this decade Tracy Larue, 48, stands next to the personal belongings of an elderly homeless man she said she knew was found dead early Wednesday morning under Interstate 45 and Harwood Street in Dallas, Wednesday, January 17, 2018. (David Woo / Staff Photographer) “These people are dying in the streets.” That’s how Wayne Walker, executive director of ...

THESE six criminals were recently handed prison sentences for offences ranging from manslaughter to robbery and drug dealing.

Kevin Stuart had once accepted his homelessness as a fact of life. He even preferred it. On the streets, he could do meth without worrying about work. So, unless the weather was bad, he had no reason to go to a shelter. In 2019, though, he decided enough was enough. He wanted his life back, but getting back on the straight and narrow meant hed need resilience. He recalled two months he spent in a shelter. There, the staff eventually told him they needed to reassess his priority status, a fact ...

Auckland Council plan rate rises of up to 23 per cent for thousands of homes 4 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Auckland Councils latest budget has a sting in the tail for more than 8000 property owners facing proposed rate increases of between 16 per cent and 23 per cent. Mayor Phil Goffs 10-year budget contains an average rate increase of 5 per cent this year and 3.5 per cent thereafter. However, a group of 7500 households and businesses in rural towns face a one-off ave...