"I believe that the people who run the private sector, who run these companies, they do have children, they do have grandchildren, they do live and breathe in the world," said Samuel Bodman, U.S. Secretary of Energy. "It’s a matter of working with the leadership of these companies and seeking their participation." Alexander Downer, Australia’s [...]
"The cancer risk and the risk of other long-term health effects is quite significant according to (federal) standards," said Gina Solomon, the physician who is leading the research and analysis for NRDC. Meanwhile, officials at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dispute the charges, saying they were [...]
While the as-yet unclassified animal in the grainy night-time photographs bears some similarity to viverrids (cat-sized tropical mammals with mongoose-like pointed muzzles), Indonesian hunters and biologists say they have never seen anything like what the photographs depict. Meanwhile, others are skeptical, insisting that the subject of the photos is just another viverrid, perhaps with slightly [...]
"Technology alone is not enough. This has become very clear from the policy that the United States is following," EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas told a news conference. "According to their approach, they are increasing their emissions, right now about 15 percent more than in 1990 … We have decreased our emissions, we are below [...]
Nestle said the chemical substance was not harmful, but announced it was recalling the infant food in four European countries, including Italy, because of the problem, which related to Tetra Pak cartons. Italian Agriculture Minister Gianni Alemanno demanded tests to see if babies given the contaminated milk over a prolonged period faced health risks. ?It [...]
Negotiators will meet in Montreal from Nov. 28 to Dec. 9 for talks on how to replace the UN’s 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a tiny first step to curb rising emissions of heat-trapping gases from power plants, factories and cars. Environment ministers from around the globe will attend the final three days in Montreal. Some predict [...]
WWF said the proposal — filed for a meeting of the 1979 Berne Convention on protecting wildlife to be held at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg next week — was "unacceptable and irresponsible." "It is incredible that Switzerland, with a wolf population of two or three individuals, has the audacity to ask the Council [...]
Here are some frequently asked questions about Kyoto: —————————————– WHAT IS THE KYOTO PROTOCOL? It is a pact agreed by governments at a 1997 UN conference in Kyoto, Japan, to reduce greenhouse gases emitted by developed countries by 5.2 percent of 1990 levels from 2008 to 2012. A total of 156 nations have ratified the [...]
Austria’s Tyrol region imposed a ban in 2003 on lorries of over 7.5 tonnes from carrying goods such as waste, stone, soil, cars, timber or cereals on a section of the A12 motorway, to protect human, animal and plant health. But the European Court of Justice said in a statement on its ruling that such [...]
Below are several facts about the draft law: WHAT IS REACH? REACH is a new regulatory system proposed by the European Commission to make producers and importers of chemicals prove that the substances they put on the market in the European Union are safe for consumers to use. REACH stands for Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation [...]
