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At the same time, one of the proposals is already being presented to parliamentary committees without even having been considered
The agency had already been refused in April, but resubmitted the same proposal
Despite all the promises, wind farms continue to be built, with compliance with EIA requirements being questionable
Despite all the promises, wind farms continue to be built, albeit with questionable compliance with environmental impact assessment requirements
We’re checking whether the ‘mega-ministry’ experiment has stood the test of reality
Environmental policy remains under the remit of the Ministry of Economy
The document sets out the sustainability criteria, environmental objectives and technical criteria required to assess a business’s operations
They see this as a fundamental conflict of interest between environmental management and unregulated exploitation
According to him, it "will take time" to re-establish a separate Ministry of the Environment
Prior to that, he worked in strategic management consultancy
It is not yet known who will head the reorganised ministry
A year of the ‘mega-ministry’ in operation has shown that the environment has lost its own voice, its staff and its political clout at precisely the moment when the challenges have become unprecedented