Story Updated: Jul 14, 2010 at 3:04 AM ECT

On January 28, 2009 I visited the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) in order to file a complaint about a gentleman at Chandernagore, Chaguanas, who collects scrap iron such as old maxis, trucks and vehicle parts.

As a result, this individual dumps these unwanted objects on both sides of the public driveway, where neighbours are residing, thus affecting us tremendously.

I was told by the EMA's secretary that I needed to fill a complaint form which I did willingly.

By Sue-Ann Wayow South Bureau

ENERGY Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan confirmed yesterday Government had pulled the plug on the Alutrint aluminium smelter project at the La Brea Industrial Estate.

Speaking with members of the media, following a luncheon hosted by the Energy Chamber at Paria Suites in La Romaine yesterday, the minister said the People's Partnership had no intention of continuing with the construction of the smelter plant.

...Diego Martin takes the lead
Shaliza Hassanali
Published: 4 Jul 2010

Less than two months after launching a plastic recovery pilot project called Plastikeep in Diego Martin, “green-minded” people throughout the country are clamouring for the initiative to be introduced in their communities, schools and businesses. Christopher Broadbridge, who has been providing services to Plastikeep in the area of writing conceptual framework and conducting market research, said the one-year project developed by environmentalist and project founder, Rosanna Farmer, has been met with keen interest over the last seven weeks. So much so, Broadbridge, speaking in Maraval last week, said they were hoping to make this initiative a national effort. Plastikeep addresses the mounting problem of plastic waste as well as lack of consciousness around proper plastic disposal.

Julian Kenny
Tuesday, June 29th 2010

’We need to review the approved National Environmental Policy (NEP) integrating its various dimensions to conform to international commitments, including Copenhagen.’

Page 53 Manifesto of the People’s Partnership

Yes Prime Minister, your administration really must review the National Environmental Policy (NEP) and for more than one reason. We all agree that policies are never absolutely fixed and often have to evolve as times and circumstances change. But apart from any technical considerations or initiatives that may emerge in such a review, which incidentally I have to support strongly, there is the reality of the poor quality of the text of the NEP. It should remind you of your days marking undergraduate scripts at UWI in Mona and St Augustine. To cite a few: ’Article 4 of the Constitution’; ’operating at. At the simplest level’; ’That consists nearly totaling scare fossil fuel energies (reduced energy security)’; ’Occupational Health and Safety at Work Act’.

Radhica Sookraj
Published: 29 Jun 2010

Teachers and students of several schools in South Trinidad continued Government’s clean-up and beautification campaign yesterday as they painted school buildings, planted trees and did landscaping.

At the Picton Presbyterian Primary School, senior teacher Gemma Mootoo and school principal Roger Ramlakhan supervised the children as they planted yellow hedges along the school fence. A dilapidated shed at the back of the school, which was once used as an agricultural project, was painted in blue. Pupils painted their hands and then dabbed them on the shed to create a handprint mural.