Department of the Environment
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Department of the Environment or Department for the Environment may refer to:
Australia
- Department of the Environment and Water Resources (formerly: Department of the Environment and Heritage)
- Department of Environment and Climate Change (New South Wales)
- Department for Environment and Heritage (South Australia)
- Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)
Canada:
- Environment CanadaEnvironment CanadaEnvironment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment Canada (EC) (French: Environnement Canada), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment...
- Department of the Environment Act (Canada)
- Minister of the Environment (Canada)Minister of the Environment (Canada)The Minister of the Environment is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's environment department, Environment Canada...
- Department of Environment (New Brunswick)Department of Environment (New Brunswick)The Department of Environment is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with planning land use, zoning development and waste management as well as the enforcement of environmental legislation and regulations....
- the former Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick)Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick)The Department of Environment and Local Government was a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It was charged with maintaining relationships with New Brunswick's municipalities, administering its unincorporated Local Service Districts and the administration of its environmental policy.The...
- the former Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick)
Switzerland:
United Kingdom:
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom...
(DEFRA) and its predecessors: - Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) under the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the RegionsSecretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the RegionsThe Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was a UK Cabinet position created in 1997, with responsibility for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions ....
(1997 - 2001) - Department of the Environment (DoE) under the Secretary of State for the EnvironmentSecretary of State for the EnvironmentThe Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment . This was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15...
(1970 - 1997) - Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)The Department of the Environment is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for the Environment.-Aim:...
- Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs DepartmentScottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs DepartmentThe Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department was a civil service department of the Scottish Executive. SEERAD was responsible for the following areas in Scotland: agriculture, rural development, food, the environment and fisheries...
- Department of Environment IndexDepartment of Environment IndexThe Department of Environment Index is an index of urban poverty designed to assess relative levels of deprivation in local authorities in England. The DoE has three dimensions of deprivation: social, economic and housing.-References:...
United States:
- Department of Environmental ProtectionDepartment of Environmental ProtectionDepartment of Environmental Protection is a name used by several states in the United States of America for the agency charged with proposing and enforcing environmental law...
- United States Environmental Protection AgencyUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
See also
- Ministry of the Environment (disambiguation)
- List of environmental organizations: Government Organizations
- List of ministers of the environment