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The amendment aims at the “protection of human health and the environment” and the “promotion of environmentally sound management of the respective waste”.
Dark and foul-smelling water found along a kilometre of the Angueira river. The mayor of Vimioso has reported two suspicious discharges to the SEPNA, APA, and ICNF. The source is yet to be determined.
The environmental association Quercus states that approximately 2,000 tonnes of stone pines were felled.
The maternity period of the bats, the felling of olive groves, and the risk of abandonment of the cave used as a shelter underpin the decision by the Environment Agency, which has halted a photovoltaic project in the Alentejo region.
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The proposal threatens water protection in Europe and will have impacts on Portugal.
The decree-law now proceeds for promulgation by the President of the Republic, António José Seguro.
The felling took place at the Herdade do Cabeço da Flauta, in Sesimbra, on private property, but the movement claims it is a protected area.
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The Environment Minister emphasised on Saturday that the Special Programme for the Alqueva and Pedrógão Reservoirs (PEAAP), to be drawn up, will make it possible to adapt environmental and water protection to current conditions while accommodating different economic uses.
