Day: 5 November 1999

EU: Risk from West Nile Fever results in restrictions on US horse imports

The disease that led to aerial insecticide spraying of New York City last summer is behind new, and temporary, restrictions on the importation of horses from the US.

Asian flooding blamed on global warming

The increasing frequency and severity of flooding and other destructive weather in Asia has been blamed on global warming, by Asian politicians.

Questions raised as Argentina and Kazakhstan move closer to Kyoto

At least two countries that are not bound to reduce their CO2 emissions under the Kyoto Protocol have presented plans to do so. Although moves by Kazakhstan and Argentina have been welcomed, questions remain as to their ability to meet Kyoto requirements.

NGO hands out fossil ‘awards’ to countries obstructing climate change policy

With pressure to keep the Kyoto Protocol on track for ratification in 2002, Climate Action Network has awarded 'fossils' to the most obstructive countries attending the recent Kyoto meeting in Bonn.

Stalling tactics defeated for Kyoto climate change compliance system

Delegates from countries who signed the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change have been debating how to measure countries' compliance with CO2 reduction targets and how to penalise any infractions.

Consultation underway on sentencing for UK environmental offences

Home Secretary Jack Straw has directed the Sentencing Advisory Panel to propose to the Court of Appeal that it should frame a sentencing guideline on environmental offences.

National Wind Power defiant as UK High Court refuses wind farm consent

The UK High Court has supported a local authority's refusal to grant planning permission to a wind farm in Yorkshire.

TNRCC strengthens air quality plan for Houston area

The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) has approved a strengthened air quality plan for the eight-county Houston-Galveston ozone nonattainment area – a region that has failed to meet US ambient air quality standards for ozone.

Ontario Power Generation purchases emission credits

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has announced the world's largest ‘spot’ trade in greenhouse gas emission reduction credits announced to date.

Ontario Power Generation “will exceed nitrogen oxide emissions cap”

Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) nitrogen oxides emissions in the year 2000 will exceed its 38 kilotonnes (KT) cap by 5 to 12 KT or 13 to 32%, a report from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA) claims.

New law means ‘water banking’ set to begin in Nevada and Arizona

The US Department of the Interior has approved legislation that will enable ‘water banking’ to become a reality in Nevada and Arizona by allowing the voluntary movement of Colorado River water among the lower basin states of Arizona, California and Nevada.

Urban wells most affected by volatile organic compounds

About 6 percent of urban wells and 1.5 percent of rural wells in the US contain levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in excess of drinking water criteria, according to a US Geological Survey (USGS) study.

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