Full Coverage: Pollution

26.10.2005 The Commission for Assessment of Druzba Adrija Project Environmental Study rejected the study as incomplete and decided that it could not enter into public debate procedure. The decision was adopted after several hours of debate.

21.10.2005 A country like India, therefore, has no choice but to adapt to climate change. This means that with increasing water scarcity, a more responsive and responsible system of management of this precious resource is required. Our agriculture will also require the development of new species and strains that are drought resistant and salt tolerant to ensure that agricultural yields do not go down.
A country like India has no choice but to adapt to climate change. This means that with increasing water scarcity, a more responsive and responsible system of management of this precious resource is required. Our agriculture will also require the development of new species and strains that are drought resistant and salt tolerant to ensure that agricultural yields do not go down.

21.10.2005 The Indian government has ratified the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which aims at eliminating or restricting the production and use of POPs. These are 12 chemicals and pesticides that persist in the environment for long and accumulate in the fatty tissues of living organisms. They are highly toxic for humans.

20.10.2005 The Green Society from Elbasan started an action for expansion of green areas and parks in the City, following the campaign to raise public awareness about the need to install air filters in Elbasan’s industrial zone.

17.10.2005 The Bush administration has proposed new regulations that could allow the nation's dirtiest power plants to release more air pollutants each year -- and possibly undercut lawsuits aimed at forcing companies to comply with the Clean Air Act.

12.10.2005 The European Commission has moved to strengthen testing methods for detergents in a bid to reduce water pollution, it has been announced.

10.10.2005 Zelena Akcija Environmental Association questions both the contents and the procedure for adoption of Waste Management Strategy, prepared without the participation of the experts community and the general public debate, and was available for outside comments and review only at the point of its entry into Sabor (Croatian Parliament) procedure.

06.10.2005 Close to one-fifth of disease in developing countries can be attributed to environmental risks – with unsafe water, poor sanitation, poor hygiene and air pollution as leading risk factors, according to a new World Bank publication.

05.10.2005 A natural dam in the northwest of the country needs urgent attention to prevent erosion that will release a torrent of water and poisonous gas clouds, warned a UN expert.

03.10.2005 On October 2, 2005, the two-day seminar on the “Druzba Adria” project that took place over the weekend in Omisalj was concluded. About 30 representatives of NGOs and green political parties from five countries of the region (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Hungary and Austria) discussed the issues that may arrive with the implementation of the project.

03.10.2005 Environmental group Friends of the Earth is calling for all UK power companies to tell their customers how polluting their electricity is following a report exposing the UK’s worst polluters.