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Amazon Waters Project Gets Green Light
Pollution hot spots and damaged habitats and "ecosystems" are to be identified. Measures will be drawn up to reduce the threats and restore the damage. Other aims include moving to harmonized laws covering the management of the Amazon Basin.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 10:38 — admin
EIGHT STATES & NYC SUE TOP FIVE U.S. GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTERS
The states of California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin, along with the City of New York, filed suit today against the five largest global warming polluters in the United States.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 10:20 — admin
Rotterdam Convention on Trade in Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Enters into Force
The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade becomes international law and thus legally binding on its members today.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 10:16 — admin
Stockholm Convention on POPs to Become International Law, Launching Global Campaign to Eliminate 12 Hazardous Chemicals
The 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) enters into force on Monday, 17 May, marking the start of an ambitious international effort to rid the world of PCBs, dioxins and furans, and nine highly dangerous pesticides.
Wed, 11/02/2011 - 04:53 — admin
Sweden's Successful Efforts to Curb Acid Precipitation and Global Warming
Sweden's efforts to reduce sulfur dioxide -- with a decrease in emissions of more than seventy percent since 1970 -- and other particulates and gases that contribute to acid rain are a model for other nations, communities, and individuals to follow. The efforts include emissions controls on vehicles and factories, cleaner power plants, household and industrial recycling, and increased exploitation of non-fossil-fuel energy sources.
Wed, 09/07/2011 - 09:02 — admin
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