Day: 21 July 2000

Greenpeace points finger at Greece for high dioxin emissions from waste burning

Greece’s dioxin emissions solely from burning waste are equivalent to all emissions in France, a country six times the amount of inhabitants, said Greenpeace on 20 July.

G8 Summit will have to make tough decisions to protect the environment

Difficult decisions need to be taken during the G8 Summit in Okinawa, Japan if it is to be a landmark event for the environment and global sustainable development, says Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Bovine burp map helps to help track greenhouse emissions

Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, (CSIRO), has come up with a novel way of tracking emissions of the greenhouse gas, methane; a map detailing the level of cow and sheep burps nationwide.

Report blames US Environmental Protection Agency for shock ship pollution figures

A report released by the US environmental organisation, Bluewater Network, on 17 July has blamed large ships and the ‘lack of emissions control regulations by the US EPA and international regulatory agencies’ for ‘far more significant’ levels of pollution than had previously been estimated.

Return of Indonesia’s haze reawakens health and safety fears

Dense haze, believed to be from slash-and-burn land-clearers, has blanketed a north Indonesian province and forced the closure of Sumatra’s main airport.

Bangladesh is first in S. Asia to introduce environmental courts

Bangladesh will be the first country in South Asia to introduce environmental courts to enforce strict new laws on conservation, Bengali media reported on 17 July.

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New website helps small business to go green

Businesses with less than ten employees are being encouraged to improve their environmental and business performance with the aid of a new free website, the Green Compass, which is giving away free energy-saving light-bulbs to the first 100 companies to use the service.

Brazil battles to contain devastation of four million-litre oil spill

More than 1,600 Brazilian oil and emergency staff have battled all week to contain the devastation caused by the biggest of oil spill of many in the last 25 years, which has been threatening a large area in the southern state of Parana.

Kelda proposals could harm the environment

Plans of the water company, Kelda Group, to transfer its assets to a new mutual company offer nothing to the environment, and could actually increase environmental risk, says the Environment Agency (EA), in response to the Director General of the Water Services’ consultation paper on the proposal.

Scottish salmon farm loses quality mark for illegal chemical use

A Scottish salmon producer, Ardessie Salmon, has been stripped of its mark of quality by being expelled from Scottish Quality Salmon (SQS), the salmon farming industry body, for illegal use of toxic chemicals.

Environmentalists express concern over cash injection for road building

The Government’s 10 year plan for transport was both welcomed and slammed by environmentalists, who say that it will mean that an election promise to cut journeys by car will be broken.