Day: 15 September 2000

Environmentalists support Tony Blair’s stand on the fuel crisis

Environmental groups have applauded Tony Blair’s refusal to lower the tax on fuel during the crisis caused by lorry drivers’ protests throughout the country.

Common work-place solvents may intensify Parkinson’s disease

Common hydrocarbon solvents could cause workers to develop Parkinson’s disease earlier in life, and with more severe symptoms, according to new research.

Bakery to pay record fine under US stratospheric ozone protection programme.

An Arkansas bakery has agreed to pay a $3.5 million fine for violating the Clean Air Act regarding the protection of the stratospheric ozone.

Lead from gasoline will pollute San Francisco Bay for decades

An enormous reservoir of lead-contaminated soils in the water tables feeding San Francisco Bay will continue to pollute the waters of the bay for decades to come, according to researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).

Clinton proposes $1.6 billion for fire prevention

President Clinton has said that he will ask Congress to spend an extra $1.6 billion to reduce wildfire risk across the western United States by thinning flammable underbrush and small trees.

Senate committee approves ban on MTBE

A Senate committee has approved a bill to phase out the fuel additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) over four years.

Beautiful Australian butterfly saved by community

A community-based project in Australia is successfully saving the Richmond Birdwing butterfly, according to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

Toyota to award grants to companies promoting sustainable development

Toyota has announced that it has selected the recipients for its new programme to reward companies contributing to sustainable development.

Australian water resources development has significantly contributed to national wealth

The development of water resources in regional Australia has made a significant contribution to national wealth, and underpins the development of agriculture, mining and tourism, according to the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fishes and Forestry.

Environment takes a back seat at United Nations Millennium Summit

As other issues weighed more heavily on the minds of most world leaders, the environment issues barely got a look-in at the world’s largest ever gathering of world leaders.

Australian Government to fund management of coastal acid sulphate

The Australian Government has announced AU$1.5 million funding for the management and the mitigation of environmental impacts of coastal acid sulphate soils under the Coastal Acid Sulphate Soils Programme (CASSP).

Antarctic ozone hole is three times larger than US

According to NASA, the hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic is three times bigger than the entire land mass of the US, the largest size ever observed.

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