Day: 4 May 2001

US government provides $150 million to coastal states for fossil fuel measures

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Ocean Service has allocated almost $150 million to seven coastal states and 150 local jurisdictions to help mitigate the impacts of oil and gas development off their coasts.

New study finds low levels of dioxins and PCBs in Irish environment

A new study by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found lower levels of dioxins and PCBs in cows milk than in other EU nations.

Ireland launches composting association

The Irish Environment Minister has launched Cré – the Composting Association of Ireland, coinciding with the International Composting Awareness Week.

Parliament calls on Europe to learn from Chernobyl disaster

The European Parliament is calling for a resolution to the problem of nuclear safety, fifteen years after the Chernobyl disaster.

Welsh Assembly announces funding for business environmental performance

The National Assembly for Wales is offering 50% funding for projects which can help Welsh companies to improve their environmental performance.

Government calls on developers to take part in two £3 million solar power trials

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has announced that it is to provide £3 million for a solar housing trial, and a further £3 million for a large-scale solar power generation for non-domestic buildings, and has called upon developers to bid for a share of the money.

Eastern European governments pledge to improve Danube and encourage sustainable development

The leaders of nine East European nations and government representatives of six other nations have agreed to protect the environment of the Danube basin and encourage sustainable development at a summit organised by the Romanian government and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Condemnation of Europe’s largest reservoir project grows

The European Commission is to begin investigating a Portuguese reservoir, which will be Europe’s largest, while allegations of pushing the Iberian Lynx to extinction and flooding ancient cave art continue to grow.

International conference calls for international ban on ocean dumping of mine waste

Scientists, NGO representatives, government officials and community members from the Asia-Pacific region, North America and the UK have called for an end to the dumping of mine waste at sea, a common practice in Asia, at a conference in Indonesia.

Fearful of health consequences, Iraq and Kuwait ask for depleted uranium assessment

Experts believe the Gulf’s dry climate could pose more risk than in Balkans.

Ban for single-hull oil tankers, finally

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has finally agreed to eliminate the use of single-hull tankers, blamed for major environmental disasters such as the Erika and Exxon Valdez oil spills.

After a governmental plea, international pesticide companies to help clean up Ethiopia’s pesticide problem

The impoverished nation has 3,000 tonnes of obsolete pesticides, the highest amount in Africa, which the government has described as “a time bomb”.

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