Day: 21 January 2000

Florida commits $1.25 billion to restoration of the Everglades

The Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, has launched a plan to spend $1.25 billion of state resources over the next 10 years to save the Everglades.

America asks whether the Kyoto Protocol is dead on its feet

Many Washington DC insiders are betting that the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change will come to nothing, according to Grist magazine.

NASA admits that La Niña is a part of a global warming trend

NASA scientists now believe the pattern of cool temperatures in the Pacific ocean known as La Niña may be part of the larger pattern of global climate change.

Denmark worst forest manager in Europe but there is room for improvement in all countries, says WWF

Several EU nations frequently praised for their 'green' policies are amongst the worst managers of forest, according to a WWF report. Denmark come last on WWF's league table and the Netherlands didn't score much better.

ITALY: Particle levels plummet during traffic bans

Day-long traffic bans in Milan and Como have led to significant drops in particle levels. Italy's main environmental NGO has asked political parties to endorse a plan for referenda on sustainable transport.

Shell says it banned the Erika in 1998

TotalFina has denied that it is allowed to conduct its own inspections of ships it charters. The statement, designed to downplay the company's liability for the Erika oil disaster, has been undermined by Shell's admission that its inspections of Erika resulted in a partial ban.

Battle of rhetoric as both EU and US say they want agreement on biosafety protocol

A second round of talks aimed at reaching an international agreement on the safe movement of genetically modified organisms begins in Montreal on Monday. The EU has stressed that it wants the talks to succeed.

Europe’s melting permafrost monitored for threat to buildings

A series of boreholes have been drilled to monitor changes to Europe's permafrost due to climate change.

The World Bank’s ‘Prototype Carbon Fund’ steals the march on Clean Development Mechanism

The World Bank isn't waiting for international climate change negotiators to agree the rules of the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. Instead, it is launching a Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) and awarding emission credits.

ISRAEL: Water, not land, is the key to Shepherdstown talks

Syria's demand for a return of Golan Heights land captured by Israel in 1967 is taking second fiddle to the fight over the region's water rights as the two countries attempt to thrash out a peace deal in Sheperdstown, West Virginia.

EU expects negotiations will avoid all-out war with US over hushkits on aircraft

Although the US is taking steps toward pursuing sanctions over the EU's plan to ban hushkits on aircraft, the European Commission believes the talk of sanctions is merely a pressure tactic and a deal will be struck.

FRANCE: Carbon tax for businesses with a ‘get out’ clause for energy-intensive industry

France's Prime Minister has launched a national climate change plan that simultaneously makes use of an eco-tax on energy and foresees emissions trading.

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