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Jeffers takes Young King crown with 'Climate Change'

Posted Wed, 03/02/2010 - 08:07 by Monique

Wayne Bowman wayne.bowman@trinidadexpress.com
Wednesday, February 3rd 2010

RUNNER-UP: Second placed Sekon Alves performs "More Than A Panside" during the Calypso Young King finals on Monday night at Pier 1, Chaguaramas. -Photo: MICHEAL BRUCE

Kwesi Jeffers is the 2010 Calypso Young King having won the title with an impassioned performance of ’Climate Change’, composed by Christophe Grant.

Illegal quarrying taking a toll

Posted Wed, 03/02/2010 - 08:06 by Monique

By Julien Neaves
Wednesday, February 3rd 2010

PRESIDENT of the Quarry Association of Trinidad and Tobago Ramdeo Persad says his group is not proud of the local history of quarry rehabilitation and after use.

’In the majority of cases, quarries on both State and private lands have simply been abandoned without even the barest rehabilitation measures being implemented.’

He noted that ideally quarrying is regarded as a temporary activity and upon termination, the land should be restored and rehabilitated so it could be utilised for other productive purposes.

T&T overheating Carbon emissions up 278 per cent

Posted Wed, 03/02/2010 - 08:04 by Monique

By Aretha Welch awelch@trinidadexpress.com
Wednesday, February 3rd 2010

Minister of Housing, Planning and the Environment, Emily Dick-Forde.

In the last 16 years Trinidad and Tobago’s level of carbon emissions has increased by a whopping 278 per cent.

Emissions from industrial processes have gone up by 86.7 per cent, while emissions from power generation have now increased by 43.3 per cent.

This according to Minister of Housing, Planning and the Environment, Emily Dick-Forde.

She was speaking at the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference last week in Port of Spain.

‘Save us from rapid rail’

Posted Wed, 03/02/2010 - 08:04 by Monique

Published: 3 Feb 2010
Radhica Sookraj

Hundreds of farmers from the villages of Aranguez, Cunupia and Pasea have joined forces with the anti-steel mill and anti-smelter activists with the hope of lobbying the Government to change the route of the proposed rapid rail project.

The group met with activists from the T&T United Fisherfolk, National Foodcrop Farmers Association, Pranz Gardens Village Association, Citizens for Social Justice, Rights Action Group and the Claxton Bay Fishing Association at the Claxton Bay fishing port. President of the Cunupia Farmers Association Anil Ramnarine said prime agricultural lands at Esmeralda Road, Ragoonanan Road, Welcome Road, Mon Plasir Road and Ramgoolie Trace would be destroyed if the project continued along the proposed route. He said at least 500 homes would be directly affected. “We have come here today to join with the anti-smelter and anti-steel mill activists to seek help to save our lands,” Ramnarine said.

Midnight crackdown on wasting water

Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 08:04 by Monique

Tuesday, February 2 2010

From midnight tomorrow, the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) will impose water restrictions which will see a ban on persons using hoses to wash their cars and water their lawns.

It is part of WASA’s conservation drive for the dry season which is expected to be particularly severe with the shortfall in rainfall and drop in reservoir supplies.

Desal plants, water conservation needed

Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 08:03 by Monique

Published: 2 Feb 2010

Hot, hot, and even hotter is what this year’s dry season is going to be. Dry, drier and eventually no water in our taps for days is what’s ahead. Many of us could have predicted this scenario months ago. We saw the fiery protests for water on numerous occasions last year and in previous years. And all of this is happening alongside the new initiative from WASA to preserve water.

WASA starts rationing

Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 08:01 by Monique

Aretha Welch awelch@trinidadexpress.com
Tuesday, February 2nd 2010

THE WATER and Sewerage Authority (WASA) yesterday announced a national rationing plan in order to conserve the country’s dwindling water reserves, saying it was the only way to ensure customers have at least a supply they could survive on during what seems a tough dry season ahead.

Also, as of Wednesday morning, there will be nationwide restrictions on water use. Customers found breaking these restrictions, which fall under the Water and Sewerage Act, will face fines of at least $80 or $90 per offence.

Govt clamps down on illegal quarries

Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 08:00 by Monique

Published: 2 Feb 2010
Camille Clarke

With several major projects in the pipeline, the country is preparing for another boom in the construction sector, says Leroy Mayers, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy.

He said the incentive for profit from the increased demand for building materials has encouraged illegal quarrying, and the ministry as well as the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), will be clamping down on illegal operators, as the environmental impact of their operations was too high. Mayers was speaking at a workshop entitled, Quarry Rehabilitation with Special Emphasis on Agriculture, organised by the University of T&T and the Ministry of Energy and held at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port-of-Spain. Mayers said illegal quarrying was fuelled by the increasing demand for construction aggregate, which moved from seven million cubic yards in 2004 to 20 million cubic yards in 2008, settling at 15 million cubic yards in 2009 due to the slowdown in the economy.

Trinidad and Tobago plans to relaunch gas vehicles

Posted Fri, 29/01/2010 - 08:04 by Monique

Government of Trinidad and Tobago is planning to add new subsidies for compressed natural gas (CNG) to encourage more motorists to use the fuel and protect the environment.

Energy Minister Conrad Enill said natural gas is the way to go, adding that utilizing more CNG will enhance Trinidad and Tobago’s commitment to the environment, and is a main item on the agenda at the Copenhagen Summit. He explained that the promotion of CNG usage furthers the local Government’s commitment to the Copenhagen Summit in recognizing the onset of global warming and playing their part in minimizing the outpourings of greenhouse gases. Addressing stakeholders at the launch of the Chamber’s Centennial Energy digest, Enill also said the project is still in its planning stages, but Government is committed to doing its part to protecting the environment.

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