11.   The part of the channel limited to one-way traffic would also be extended, said Lenin Herrera, a member of the environment ministry overseeing the channel.

12.   While environment ministries everywhere signaled the need for a large-scale switch to natural gas, only a few towns have started.

13.   Also, the court struck down an order by the environment ministry giving the Sarawak government powers to approve the project without a mandatory clearance from the ministry.

14.   Burns and environment ministry officials said the source also could been a construction site in the area.

15.   Chief Cabinet spokeman Yasuo Fukuda announced that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi had chosen Kawaguchi, who had been head of the environment ministry, to replace Tanaka.

16.   Eastern Germany now has enough waste capacity to handle the sewage of twice its population, the environment ministry says.

17.   Eastern Germany now has enough waste capacity to handle the sewage of twice their current populations, the environment ministry says.

18.   For, example, the environment ministry has money for only one helicopter inspection a month in each area.

19.   Former diplomat Herbert Murerwa, credited with boosting tourism while heading the environment ministry, takes over industrial and trade affairs.

20.   Gandhi, daughter-in-law of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, claimed that the plant proposed for southern India had not been cleared by the environment ministry.