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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] While the number of complaints against light pollution increased from 3,850 in 2014 to 7,002 last year, only four local governments, including Seoul, Gwangju, Incheon and Gyeonggi, can apply the criteria for light emission.According to the results of a 2016 international joint r
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2019.08.26 10:49
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it will double the number of safety inspections for imported foods that have a history of radiation detected and returned from August 23, considering the risks to public health.Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, the government
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2019.08.23 17:58
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it will expand subsidies from 160,000 won to 200,000 won when replacing old boilers with eco-friendly condensing boilers that are effective in reducing fine dust, and will greatly increase the number of beneficiaries from 12,500 to 50,000.A
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2019.08.21 09:16
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment said it plans to further strengthen environmental safety management for waste items with high volume of imports, following the announcement of a plan to strengthen environmental safety management of imported coal ash on August 8.This is because there
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2019.08.19 10:04
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Seoul Metropolitan Government said that 160 water-cleaning vehicles will be operated from 12 p.m. to 16 p.m. during the heat wave between August and September.Accordingly, Seoul has distributed road cleaning manuals to 25 districts and is preparing for the heat wave by spray
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2019.08.16 16:40
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The government signed a memorandum of understanding on August 13 to resolve the water problem in the Nakdong River.Related agencies, including Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do, agreed to cooperate with each other to resolve the water problem in the downstream areas of the Nakdong Rive
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2019.08.14 09:09
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea National Park Service said that it found a total of 53 new and unrecorded species during a natural resource survey of three national parks such as the Dadohaehaesang, the Byeonsanbando and the Wolchulsan.The Korea National Park Service has been conducting a regular sur
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2019.08.13 13:56
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment unveiled the results of its assessment of the 'heat risk' between 2021 and 2030 in five stages (very high – high – normal – low – very low) using the Korea Meteorological Administration's climate forecast scenario t
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2019.08.13 09:33
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Forest Service announced that it cracked down on illegal activities in mountain valleys last month for summer vacation season.Major crackdown on forest (or forest-linked areas) includes incineration activities such as cooking and smoking, pollution such as dirt and tra
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2019.08.12 08:41
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it will expand financial support and tighten legal regulations to reduce fine dust emitted from old construction machines.A total of 49,000 units of 27 construction machinery are registered with the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Five types
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2019.08.08 10:44
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The National Assembly approved 8.14 trillion won, an increase of 17.6% (about 1.21 trillion won) from this year's budget (6.93 trillion won).In the process of deliberation at the National Assembly, budget for improvements in air quality in underground stations (+23.9 billion
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2019.08.07 15:11
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Rural Development Administration has prepared countermeasures after confirming that the quality of rice is falling due to the rise in temperatures caused by climate change.According to the Rural Development Administration on January 31, the summer period in Korea has been ex
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2019.08.04 15:15
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment said that the total greenhouse gas emissions of 774 public institutions, which are subject to the greenhouse gas target management system, in 2018 totaled 4.21 million tons of CO2eq.This is the result of a reduction of 980,000 tons of CO2eq, which is
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2019.08.01 21:14
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] A special law has been submitted to the National Assembly for the legal basis for the establishment and operation of state-led public waste management facilities.Representative Lim Yi-ja of the Liberty Korea Party, a member of the Environment and Labor Committee of the National
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2019.07.31 09:18
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] About a month ago, all members of the G20 reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, save the United States. As climate change worsens, responding actions are more compulsory.In such an emergency, it is important to scrutinize the reports of each membe
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2019.07.30 16:02
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Forest cooperation with Costa Rica, a leading forest environment country in Central America, will begin.The Korea Forest Service announced that it will sign a memorandum of understanding on Korea-Costa Rica forest cooperation at the Arenal Volcano National Park in Costa Rica on
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2019.07.29 12:08
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] In light of Korea’s growing interest in climate change, Ministry of Science and ICT hosted a three-day show on July 24th which presented the latest climate change technologies. While the heart of the exhibition was to promote the product of eco-friendly tech companies, it also h
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2019.07.29 08:30
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that it started implementing an upgraded ‘Earthquake Information Service’ from July 22, which includes expanding the scope of earthquake disaster text transmission and applying the Korean-style earthquake scale system.The Governm
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2019.07.24 10:43
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] The Ministry of Environment said it will conduct a special inspection of sewage treatment facilities at campsites across the country from July 22 to September 6 in preparation for the summer vacation season.Of the approximately 2,300 sites registered as camping sites in the Tour
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2019.07.23 09:33
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[The Hwankyung Ilbo] Amid the growing number of foreigners residing in Korea and tourists, the waste separation emissions policy for foreigners such as a standard plastic garbage bag written in foreign language, was found to be insufficient.According to data from the Ministry of Environment, the num
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2019.07.22 09:51