environment minister
Coverage of environment minister in the Nexus archive.
- Great Nicobar project: Jairam Ramesh flags non-transparency in latest letter to Environment Minister
Jairam Ramesh criticized the government for non-transparency in the Great Nicobar project. The Congress accused the transshipment port on Galathea Bay of causing ecological havoc and destroying coral colonies.
- Environment Minister slams data from her own ministry as ‘fake news’
Environment Minister Idit Silman criticizes an NGO for releasing data obtained via a Freedom of Information request, which shows an 83 percent decline in indictments against environmental lawbreakers during her tenure. She labels the data as 'fake news', despite it originating from her own ministry.
- Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault to resign: sources
Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault, a former environment minister, is set to resign and will announce the decision at a Liberal caucus meeting on Wednesday, according to sources. The resignation is expected to be confirmed by the MP from Montreal.
- Final steps taken before audacious plan to tow whale stranded in Germany to North Sea
A millionaire-funded operation aims to tow a stranded humpback whale named Timmy from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, but it's been criticized as 'pure animal cruelty' by the German environment minister, who has threatened the organizers on social media. The whale has been stranded for a month and the plan involves a barge designed like a giant steel aquarium for the 400 km journey.