"The total number (of bird species) considered to be threatened with extinction is now 1,212, which when combined with the number of near threatened species gives a total of exactly 2,000 species in trouble–more than a fifth of the planet’s remaining 9,775 species," BirdLife recently reported. The 1,212 figure represents 10 more species than were [...]
The Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament strongly welcomed the adoption today of a report on energy efficiency that included mandatory targets for energy savings, and urged the Council to also endorse such targets. Speaking immediately after the vote took place in Strasbourg, Greens/EFA Group energy coordinator and MEP for Luxembourg, Claude Turmes, said: "The [...]
President’s George Bush’s decision not to sign the United States up to the Kyoto global warming treaty was partly a result of pressure from ExxonMobil, the world’s most powerful oil company, and other industries, according to US State Department papers seen by the Guardian. The documents, which emerged as Tony Blair visited the White House [...]
Linking the nation’s uranium exports to international strategies to combat global warming, the Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has revealed politically contentious plans to boost Australia’s uranium exports. Any sales would have to meet rules that the radioactive material only be used for civilian projects under the gaze of the international atomic energy watchdog and [...]
Environmental policy integration (E?I) involves a continual process to ensure environmental issues are reflected in all policymaking. This generally demands changes in political, organisational and procedural activities, so that environmental issues are taken on board as early as possible and continuing during implementation. The product of EPI should be an overall improvement in policy and [...]
Green Week 2005 will look at all aspects of climate change and in particular at the human factor. Our way of life, production, consumption and transport need to change if we want to halt global warming. Green Week encourages everyone to "think aloud" about how we can all change our environmental behaviour. It is aimed [...]
Potrivit legii, pe etichete va trebui sa se specifice daca alimentele contin ingrediente potential alergenice. Astfel, cumparatorii vor fi avertizati ca produsele contin cereale cu gluten, crustacee, oua, peste, alune, soia, lapte si produse lactate, nuci, telina, mustar, seminte de susan care pot provoca o alergie. Reprezentantul Autoritatii Nationale pentru Protectia Consumatorilor, Alexandru Pais, a [...]
? L?idée n?est pas d?être radical, mais d?aller vers plus de modération ¬, explique Nicolas Hulot, qui espère bien que son initiative créera un ? élan citoyen ¬ et montrera que ? les gens sont prêts à s?engager ¬. Partant du constat que 50 % des émissions le gaz à effet de serre en France [...]
Figures released last week showed deforestation of the Amazon rainforest reached the second-highest level on record in 2003-2004 — an area of 26,130 square km (10,088 sq miles), driven by logging, ranching and farming interests. Greenpeace nominated Lula, his chief of staff Jose Dirceu, Finance Minister Antonio Palocci, Agriculture Minister Roberto Rodrigues, Mato Grosso state [...]
Proiectul "Youth Country Network" – 2005 este un proiect national implimentat timp de un an (01.2004 – 01.2005) de catre Centrul Tinerilor Antreprenori din Moldova – Steaua in colaborare cu ONG – Liga Studentilor Balteni si cu Facultatea de Stiinte Reale din cadrul Universitatii de Stat din Cahul, cu suportul si sustinerea Fundatiei Artemisia (SUA). [...]
