⌠We can confirm to you the sale of part of our investment in the BTC project,■ the bank said in a statement in response to questions from the FT. ⌠We are, in addition, negotiating with several parties the complete sale of our position. The bank, Italy▓s largest in terms of assets, declined to name the [...]
Dear all, The World Bank is proposing to use national regulations rather than the Bank’s own social and environmental safeguard policies in a series of pilot projects. The Bank plans to widely expand this approach after a two-year test phase. Already now Bank projects have to comply with national regulations. As the letter below explains, [...]
Please view chart at [url=http://www.cenn.org/info/Atomstopp]http://www.cenn.org/info/Atomstopp[/url] Calculations 0712.doc for the exact amount of required signatures per country (thanks to NOAH Denmark for the original workout of the chart!). Dear friends, More than 100.000 signatures have been recorded on the website of the European Petition by now. From phone calls and emails we know that there are [...]
Ideally, you will have proven leadership qualities and the ability to create concerted action among groups with disparate views and objectives. With five years’ management experience, you must be able to demonstrate involvement in advocacy at the highest levels, possess well-honed diplomatic skills, a track record of running public campaigns and preferably have knowledge of [...]
The sweltering temperatures of August 2003 left many people, particularly the elderly, struggling to cope. The heat wave caused many thousands of extra deaths, while forest fires ravaged large areas of land, causing $1.6 billion worth of damage in Portugal, for example. A model climate With information collected from ice cores and tree rings, scientists [...]
Bush’s top energy priority _ opening an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling _ is shaping up as an early test of GOP gains in Congress. “This is going to be a definitional battle, and we’re ready,” said Deb Callahan, president of the League of Conservation Voters. Though the election didn’t emphasize such issues, administration [...]
But Britain was adamant its proposed Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) would not contravene EU rules, and said it would ensure the agency had the funds needed to dismantle power stations and clean up the country’s nuclear liabilities. Greenpeace said it expected the EU executive Commission to open a formal investigation on Wednesday into the agency, [...]
"It is most likely that they have come from Norway. They have the brown rat there," said Kiruna environmental chief Mats Lahti. Kiruna’s harsh Arctic climate normally keeps rats away, but they apparently love the warm piles of garbage at its recycling plant, which handles 25,000 tonn?s of Norwegian waste a year. Local officials have [...]
A new ?environmental democracy? clearing house was announced in July by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The instrument aims to highlight and promote awareness of issues covered by the Aarhus Convention. The site showcases good practices in the area of citizens? environmental rights and is expected to make implementation of the Convention [...]
