Full Coverage: Pollution

31.08.2006 Välimeren miekkakaloista on löytynyt bromattuja palonestoaineita. PBDE-yhdisteet ovat pysyviä ja kertyviä palonestoaineita, joita käytetään muun muassa sähkölaitteissa ja sisustusmateriaaleissa. Tiedot käyvät ilmi WWF:n uudesta raportista. WWF:n selvitys on yksi osoitus siitä, miten nykyiset kemikaalisäädökset eivät estä haitallisia kemikaaleja kertymästä eläimiin ja ihmisiin.

30.08.2006 Under considerable pressure for its perceived lack of clarity on the issue of pesticide residue in carbonated drinks, and lack of urgency in formulating norms to regulate their safety, India’s health ministry has promised that norms for these products will be in place by January 2007.

30.08.2006 from Ecostreet blog:
Climate activists hope to shut down the UK's biggest coal-fired power station by mass action.

29.08.2006 A Press Release by Delhi NGO Toxics Link says that mercury which has known health impacts is present in idols of gods that Indians keep in their homes. The NGO refuted a statement made by Indian minister for environment that mercury was not present in the idols and said that such a stance by the government will go against the proposed mercury policy.

28.08.2006 Civil Society Development Center në Shkodër ka realizuar në fillim të këtij muaji, një ditë sensibilizuese për pushuesit e Velipojës. Qëllimi ishte sensibilizimi i tyre për t’i hedhur mbeturinat në brendësi të koshave (të cilët janë fare të rinj) prej të cilëve ka një numër te konsiderueshëm gjithandej.Tjetër: kur të largohen të mos i lenë ato në rërë, etj.

28.08.2006 After being sent two legal "threats" by the pesticide industry, the New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has dared the industry to take it to court. In a statement the CSE has said that the industry is "behaving like a bully" ever since the release of its report on pesticides in soft drinks.

25.08.2006 from GNN blogs:
" 'The worst oil spill to hit the Philippines’. i hope it makes you think twice on cruisin the ghetto with that SUV," says 'apunk' blogger. The images are shocking.

25.08.2006 Indian NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has said that the science used by the health ministry experts to give cola companies a clean chit is complete junk. In a detailed, point-by-point response to the government’s report the CSE has said only two bottles were tested by the government and the report of these tests has not been made public.

24.08.2006 New Delhi, August 22, 2006: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) responded sharply to the recent statement in Parliament by Anbumani Ramadoss, Union minister of health and family welfare, which questioned the validity of CSE’s findings. “The minister of health is clearly more concerned with industrial health -- and not people’s health,” said CSE.

23.08.2006 Over a thousand people marched and rallied in the north Indian state of Rajasthan to demand the shut down of Coca-Cola and Pepsico bottling plants in the state. Accusing the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kala Dera of creating severe water shortages affecting over fifty villages and producing harmful products, protesters marched towards the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kala Dera, about 40 kilometers from Jaipur.

18.08.2006 Sábado 9 de septiembre. Liceo Industrial Chileno-Alemán: Dr.Johow 357 (Ñuñoa). participan organizaciones sociales.
Inscripciones de 8 a 9 a.m. en el Liceo.
Organiza RENACE.

18.08.2006 The Indian Supreme Court has said that Blue Ship, owned by Malaysia's Star Cruises Limited, has only been granted permission for anchoring at a safe place in the territorial waters of India. The court said no permission whatsoever has been granted for breaking of the ship and that any precipitate action to break the ship without the court's express permission will be dealt with severely, says Press Release by Global Platform on Ship-breaking.

17.08.2006 Indian and international NGOs have said that the controversial cruise liner Blue Lady finally beached on Indian independence day off the Alang coast near the west Indian state of Gujarat. The ship was allowed to anchor in Indian waters on humanitarian grounds by the Supreme Court.

16.08.2006 from ecostreet blog:
We probably all know that but here's some real evidence.

14.08.2006 from The Energy Blog:
The potential is there for carbon dioxide capture and storage, whether by deep injection into reservoir rock formations or even by generating crystalline gas hydrates below the deep ocean floor.

09.08.2006 from grownupgreen:
Cutting traffic pollution and jams is about to get much easier, thanks to this new online car sharing scheme.

08.08.2006 Israeli bombing has caused a major environmental disaster along much of the Lebanese coastline, writes Kassem El-Saddik. Clean-up operations cannot start without a ceasefire

04.08.2006 A press release by the NGO platform on shipbreaking - a coalition of Indian NGOs - says that the inspection committee on 'Blue Lady' was under intense pressure to give clearance to the vessel for beaching, as per the admissions by credible sources within Technical Committee on Ship-breaking.

02.08.2006 from Treehugger blog:
'Carbon sequestration can basically be seen as a delaying tactic, as a way to get government support and to keep the operation and construction of coal power plants more socially acceptable.'