Day: 26 January 2001

Liverpool to introduces ‘green’ burials

Liverpool has become the biggest UK council to introduce natural burials.

Oil refiners to sue EPA over recent Clinton rule

The leading US oil refiners association has announced that it will sue the Environmental Protection Agency over new rules concerning the level of sulphur in diesel.

Canadian mining smelters release 1,045 tonnes of heavy metals into the atmosphere in one year

A new report has revealed that more than 1,000 tonnes of poisonous gases, almost a third of them from a single smelter, were released into Canada’s atmosphere in 1998.

Global deforestation slows

A new UN survey shows a 20% drop in the rate of deforestation since 1995.

Bush begins to overturn Clinton’s recent environmental protections and pledges

Upon taking office, the new administration said it would soon begin a controversial scheme to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling and President George W. Bush issued an order blocking some of the last-minute executive orders and rules laid down by Bill Clinton.

High ocean temperatures have led to cooling of US

The cooling of much of the continental US, the opposite effect of that experienced by much of the rest of the globe, has been due to higher ocean temperatures, say scientists.

Evidence that global warming is caused by humans gains strength

Global warming is occurring faster than previously thought, and the evidence that it is being cause by man is increasing, leading climate change experts have announced.

US company awarded contract to rebuild Bosnian infrastructure

Parsons Corp. has been awarded a $54 million contract to rebuild water systems and other infrastructure around the war-ravaged district of Brcko.

Commission takes Greece and Belgium to court over lack of wild bird protection

The Commission has announced that it is to take Greece and Belgium to the European Court of Justice for their failure to provide adequate protection for wild birds.

UK, Spain, Greece and Finland to go to court over pollution

The European Commission has decided to refer the four nations to the European Court of Justice for failure to implement the Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC), one of the Community’s major pieces of recent environmental legislation.

Major Romanian river polluted by cyanide spill

Cyanide levels up to 800 times EU limits have been reported after a spill from a chemical company in the northeast of the country.

Amid growing concern, UN examines depleted uranium sites in Bosnia

Responding to concern from peacekeeping forces and Bosnians, a United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) team has begun tests on depleted uranium (DU) sites, whilst the European Parliament has voted to propose a moratorium on the weapons’ use.

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