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President Trump Takes Action to Modernize America’s Water Resource Management and Infrastructure

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To address America’s challenges, President Trump takes a common sense, straightforward approach. Rather than following bureaucratic, outdated, and inefficient processes, President Trump takes action to drive decision making that achieves practical results. This includes changing the Federal Government’s approach to managing our Nation’s water resources.

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A greener, fairer, and more robust EU farm policy

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More support for those who apply climate- and environmentally-friendly practices Annual direct payments capped at €100 000, more support for SMEs Tailor-made measures to help farmers deal with crises Higher sanctions when someone repeatedly infringes rules, e.g. on environment or animal welfare The EU’s future farm policy should be more flexible, sustainable, and crisis-resilient, so

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Legislation with binding measures needed to stop EU-driven global deforestation

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EU consumption represents around 10 % of global deforestation Voluntary initiatives have failed to halt deforestation Traceability obligations for companies on the EU market must be set up Since 1990, forests covering an area larger than South Africa have been lost Parliament calls on the Commission to put forward rules to stop EU-driven global deforestation

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How the EBRD and CIF are driving investment in Kazakh renewables

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Rapid economic growth in Kazakhstan has brought a sharp upswing in electricity demand and usage. Per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) increased from below US $ 6,000 in the mid-1990s to over US$ 27,000 in 2019 and the country looked on course to meet its mounting resource demands by harnessing the coal resources in the North East. In recent years,

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