From landfills to solar power: Key environment issues raised in Assembly |28 October 2026

From landfills to solar power: Key environment issues raised in Assembly

By Sunny Esparon

Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Energy & Natural Resources, Marie-May Jeremie, addressed a wide range of issues during yesterday’s National Assembly sitting, including invasive plant species, illegal dumping, access to solar energy, waste management and flood mitigation.

She was accompanied by special advisor Denis Matatiken, deputy chief executive of the Landscape and Waste Management Agency (LWMA) Sharon Stravens, and director general for Biodiversity Conservation Rodney Quatre.

During the Questions with Notice session, the member for St Louis, Hon. Sathya Naidu, raised concerns about the impact of recycling centre operations in residential areas and asked what measures the ministry intended to implement to address residents’ complaints.

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