The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) was created in 1986 to co-ordinate and carry out pollution prevention and control activities.
Staff and resources from six government departments were deployed to the EPD. The EPD replaced the Environmental Protection Agency (which had been created in 1981 to replace the Environmental Protection Unit, created in 1977) as the main government body charged with tackling pollution. Between 1986 and 31 March 2005 it functioned mainly as an executive department enforcing environmental laws and implementing environmental policies, the latter having been determined by the relevant policy bureau, most recently the then Environment, Transport and Works Bureau.
On 1 April 2005 however the environmental policy-making function carried out by the then Bureau was subsumed within the EPD and the head of the Environment Branch of the policy bureau took up the dual role of Permanent Secretary for the Environment and Director of Environmental Protection. This significant development has placed the EPD in the position of both determining and implementing environmental policy. Subsequent to the re-organisation of government bureaux on 1 July 2007, a new Environment Bureau was formed overseeing the formulation and implementation of environmental policies.
Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the natural environment on individual, organizational or governmental levels, for the benefit of both the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and technology, the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently. This has been recognized, and governments have begun placing restraints on activities that cause environmental degradation. Since the 1960s, activity of environmental movements has created awareness of the various environmental issues. There is no agreement on the extent of the environmental impact of human activity, and protection measures are occasionally criticized.
Academic institutions now offer courses, such as environmental studies, environmental management and environmental engineering, that teach the history and methods of environment protection. Protection of the environment is needed due to various human activities.ref. Waste production, air pollution, and loss of biodiversity (resulting from the introduction of invasive species and species extinction) are some of the issues related to environmental protection.
Environmental protection is influenced by three interwoven factors: environmental legislation, ethics and education. Each of these factors plays its part in influencing national-level environmental decisions and personal-level environmental values and behaviors. For environmental protection to become a reality, it is important for societies to develop each of these areas that, together, will inform and drive environmental decisions.
Closure plan for Piney Point officially approved: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
The conceptual closure plan for Piney Point has officially been approved, according to an announcement from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Thursday.
published: 31 Mar 2022
Florida Department of Environmental Protection investigates fish kill
Florida Department of Environmental Protection investigators joined the effort to identify the culprit of the ongoing fish kill in Biscayne Bay.
published: 20 Oct 2022
Fired workers say Department of Environmental Protection is not doing its job
Fired workers say Department of Environmental Protection is not doing its job
published: 03 Jan 2013
Department of Environmental Protection Trash Can Fires PSA
published: 01 Sep 2020
Noah Valenstein, Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Testimony
published: 28 Sep 2020
Extended interview with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection | Climate Smart
Dave Althoff, Director of the Energy Programs Office at DEP, discusses climate change in Pennsylvania: where the state stands, the goals in place to reduce emissions, and how people can do their best to lower their emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change: https://www.fox43.com/article/weather/how-pennsylvania-can-reduce-emissions-to-fight-the-effects-of-climate-change-climate-smart/521-3b67a064-6f4f-42d9-8f3b-42eff5c4d544
published: 24 Jul 2021
E360: Kimberly Jackson, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection leverages GIS to solve environmental issues daily. Esri's mobile solutions such as Survey123 and Collector for ArcGIS are used to identify sinkholes and deploy post-natural disaster analysis, with future plans to implement Drone2Map to study beach erosion.
Learn more, here: http://www.esri.com/products/survey123
published: 12 Sep 2017
MIE Department Energy Systems, Sustainability, & Environmental Protection Research
The pressing state of the environment calls for urgent action. Within the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE), our dedicated faculty and students are actively engaged in addressing crucial challenges in Energy Systems, Sustainability, and Environmental Protection, striving to improve lives through the development of impactful solutions.
published: 15 Jun 2023
Gov. Scott directs Florida Department of Environmental Protection to curb algae blooms
Gov. Rick Scott has directed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue an Emergency Order urging the Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District to take emergency actions to help direct the water flow out of Lake Okeechobee to the south.
published: 21 Jun 2018
Office for Environmental Protection How to complain to the OEP
The conceptual closure plan for Piney Point has officially been approved, according to an announcement from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (...
The conceptual closure plan for Piney Point has officially been approved, according to an announcement from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Thursday.
The conceptual closure plan for Piney Point has officially been approved, according to an announcement from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Thursday.
Dave Althoff, Director of the Energy Programs Office at DEP, discusses climate change in Pennsylvania: where the state stands, the goals in place to reduce emis...
Dave Althoff, Director of the Energy Programs Office at DEP, discusses climate change in Pennsylvania: where the state stands, the goals in place to reduce emissions, and how people can do their best to lower their emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change: https://www.fox43.com/article/weather/how-pennsylvania-can-reduce-emissions-to-fight-the-effects-of-climate-change-climate-smart/521-3b67a064-6f4f-42d9-8f3b-42eff5c4d544
Dave Althoff, Director of the Energy Programs Office at DEP, discusses climate change in Pennsylvania: where the state stands, the goals in place to reduce emissions, and how people can do their best to lower their emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change: https://www.fox43.com/article/weather/how-pennsylvania-can-reduce-emissions-to-fight-the-effects-of-climate-change-climate-smart/521-3b67a064-6f4f-42d9-8f3b-42eff5c4d544
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection leverages GIS to solve environmental issues daily. Esri's mobile solutions such as Survey123 and Collector fo...
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection leverages GIS to solve environmental issues daily. Esri's mobile solutions such as Survey123 and Collector for ArcGIS are used to identify sinkholes and deploy post-natural disaster analysis, with future plans to implement Drone2Map to study beach erosion.
Learn more, here: http://www.esri.com/products/survey123
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection leverages GIS to solve environmental issues daily. Esri's mobile solutions such as Survey123 and Collector for ArcGIS are used to identify sinkholes and deploy post-natural disaster analysis, with future plans to implement Drone2Map to study beach erosion.
Learn more, here: http://www.esri.com/products/survey123
The pressing state of the environment calls for urgent action. Within the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE), our dedicated faculty and s...
The pressing state of the environment calls for urgent action. Within the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE), our dedicated faculty and students are actively engaged in addressing crucial challenges in Energy Systems, Sustainability, and Environmental Protection, striving to improve lives through the development of impactful solutions.
The pressing state of the environment calls for urgent action. Within the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE), our dedicated faculty and students are actively engaged in addressing crucial challenges in Energy Systems, Sustainability, and Environmental Protection, striving to improve lives through the development of impactful solutions.
Gov. Rick Scott has directed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue an Emergency Order urging the Army Corps of Engineers and the Sou...
Gov. Rick Scott has directed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue an Emergency Order urging the Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District to take emergency actions to help direct the water flow out of Lake Okeechobee to the south.
Gov. Rick Scott has directed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue an Emergency Order urging the Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District to take emergency actions to help direct the water flow out of Lake Okeechobee to the south.
The conceptual closure plan for Piney Point has officially been approved, according to an announcement from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Thursday.
Dave Althoff, Director of the Energy Programs Office at DEP, discusses climate change in Pennsylvania: where the state stands, the goals in place to reduce emissions, and how people can do their best to lower their emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change: https://www.fox43.com/article/weather/how-pennsylvania-can-reduce-emissions-to-fight-the-effects-of-climate-change-climate-smart/521-3b67a064-6f4f-42d9-8f3b-42eff5c4d544
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection leverages GIS to solve environmental issues daily. Esri's mobile solutions such as Survey123 and Collector for ArcGIS are used to identify sinkholes and deploy post-natural disaster analysis, with future plans to implement Drone2Map to study beach erosion.
Learn more, here: http://www.esri.com/products/survey123
The pressing state of the environment calls for urgent action. Within the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE), our dedicated faculty and students are actively engaged in addressing crucial challenges in Energy Systems, Sustainability, and Environmental Protection, striving to improve lives through the development of impactful solutions.
Gov. Rick Scott has directed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue an Emergency Order urging the Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District to take emergency actions to help direct the water flow out of Lake Okeechobee to the south.
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) was created in 1986 to co-ordinate and carry out pollution prevention and control activities.
Staff and resources from six government departments were deployed to the EPD. The EPD replaced the Environmental Protection Agency (which had been created in 1981 to replace the Environmental Protection Unit, created in 1977) as the main government body charged with tackling pollution. Between 1986 and 31 March 2005 it functioned mainly as an executive department enforcing environmental laws and implementing environmental policies, the latter having been determined by the relevant policy bureau, most recently the then Environment, Transport and Works Bureau.
On 1 April 2005 however the environmental policy-making function carried out by the then Bureau was subsumed within the EPD and the head of the Environment Branch of the policy bureau took up the dual role of Permanent Secretary for the Environment and Director of Environmental Protection. This significant development has placed the EPD in the position of both determining and implementing environmental policy. Subsequent to the re-organisation of government bureaux on 1 July 2007, a new Environment Bureau was formed overseeing the formulation and implementation of environmental policies.
... while Elon Musk has argued everything from environmental protections for endangered fish to the Los AngelesFireDepartment’s diversity initiatives were behind the issues with the fire response.
The stateDepartment of Environmental Protection also adopted rules that force new buildings within inland flood-prone areas to be erected two feet higher than the current standard and to set aside more land for stormwater management.
As debate rages on over how best to spend Brevard's half-percent lagoon sales tax, the environmental cleanup that the tax funds is expected to finish its 100th project early this year ...Brevard County, FloridaDepartment of Environmental Protection
The agreement supports agricultural projects, boosting the productivity of nurseries to 3 million trees annually and contributing to sustainable agriculture and environmental protection.
... expected to increase by nearly 6 degrees by 2050 and the number of 90-degree days will rise, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Climate Impacts Assessment for 2021.
</p><p>It was decided that relevant government departments would work together to develop and implement a unified strategy to facilitate this shift, ensuring that environmental protection goals are met in the near future.</p> .
HARRISBURG – The PennsylvaniaDepartment of Environmental Protection (DEP) is encouraging Pennsylvania residents to test their homes for radon during Radon Action Month, bringing public awareness for this serious health hazard ....
The grant funds if awarded would be used to satisfy the Consent Order with Department of Environmental Protection for the wastewater facility, including upgrades to the influent pump stations, ...
... Authorities also must follow environmental and safe drinking water requirements, which are monitored by the federal Environmental ProtectionAgency and state Department of Environmental Protection.