Canadians Set Up First Solar Powered Community In North America

ENN, December 29, 2009

A new Canadian neighborhood is North America's first solar-powered community. The community, named the Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC) is located in the town of Okotoks, Alberta, and consists of 52 houses all powered by solar (what else?) energy. Read more...

Japan to bring back solar power subsidy for homes

ENN, December 24, 2008

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to bring back subsidies for solar panel equipment from January, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Wednesday, as the world's fifth-biggest emitter struggles to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
METI said the government would offer 9 billion yen ($99.6 million) in the first quarter of 2009 and possibly more in the fiscal year starting next April to foster use of solar panel equipment in homes. Read more...

Malaysia 'to double tiger stock'

BBC News, December 22, 2008

Malaysia has launched a national plan to double the country's wild tiger population by 2020, activists say.
Conservation groups and the government have set an ambitious target of expanding the tiger population from 500 to around 1,000 over 12 years. Read more...

Japan's first solar cargo ship

ENN, December 19, 2008

TOKYO - THE world's first cargo ship partly propelled by solar power took to the seas on Friday in Japan, aiming to cut fuel costs and carbon emissions when automakers ship off their exports.
Auriga Leader, a freighter developed by shipping line Nippon Yusen K.K. and oil distributor Nippon Oil Corp, took off from a shipyard in the western city of Kobe, officials of the two firms said.
The huge freighter capable of carrying 6,400 automobiles is equipped with 328 solar panels at a cost of 150 million yen (S$2.4 million dollars), the officials said. Read more...

Yet read also: Japan’s First (Barely) Solar Powered Cargo Ship Takes to the Waves

Νέα καταδίκη της Ελλάδας για το περιβάλλον

Ελληνική Ορνιθολογική Εταιρία, 16 Δεκεμβρίου 2008

Άλλη μια καταδίκη για παραβίαση της ευρωπαϊκής νομοθεσίας για το περιβάλλον εισέπραξε η χώρα μας από το Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο στις 11/12. Αυτήν τη φορά, η Ελλάδα καταδικάστηκε για ανεπαρκή προστασία των προστατευόμενων περιοχών (Ζώνες Ειδικής Προστασίας) του δικτύου Natura 2000, γεγονός που συνιστά παραβίαση της Οδηγίας για τη διατήρηση των άγριων πτηνών (79/409/ΕΟΚ). Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Darfur conflict ravages environment

ENN, December 10, 2008

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Darfur conflict has devastated the environment in the region, stripping forests and destroying farmland, according to a U.N. report.
People caught up in the five-year crisis have cut down large areas of woodland, partly to feed a booming war-fueled construction industry, said a report by the U.N.'s Environment Program (UNEP) seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Read more...

EU carbon trading system brings windfalls for some, with little benefit to climate

International Herald Tribune, December 09, 2008

BRUSSELS: The European Union started with the most high-minded of ecological goals: to create a market that would encourage companies to reduce greenhouse gases by making them pay for each ton emitted into the atmosphere.
Four years later, the carbon trading system has created a multibillion-euro windfall for some of the continent's biggest polluters, with little or no noticeable benefit to the environment so far. Read more...

Greenpeace bids to turn Japan against whaling

ENN, December 09, 2008

TOKYO (Reuters) - Greenpeace launched a campaign to turn Japan against whaling on Tuesday, with directors of the group from around the world delivering a letter to Prime Minister Taro Aso, urging him to halt the hunts.
The letter handover came weeks after Japan's whaling fleet set off for the Antarctic for an annual hunt aimed at catching about 900 whales, which Tokyo says is carried out for scientific research purposes.

In a break with past practice, Greenpeace is focusing on a campaign to try to change Japanese domestic opinion this year, rather than send a ship to chase the fleet in the Southern Ocean, which caused diplomatic ruffles last year. Read more...

EU bans low-efficiency light bulbs from 2012

ENN, December 09, 2008

EU governments have agreed a phase-out timetable to remove from the market all incandescent light bulbs and low-efficiency halogen bulbs by 2012 at the latest. The restrictions will be introduced as "implementing measures" under the energy-using products (EuP) directive and will begin to bite from next year.
"It's a groundbreaking measure that will change the way we consume energy," EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said after the decision was taken by a committee of member state representatives in Brussels on Monday. Read more...

Yet read also: Managing mercury risks from energy-saving light bulbs (13/11/08)

EU leaders reach new climate deal

BBC News, December 12, 2008

European Union leaders have reached a deal on a package of measures to fight global warming. The plan, agreed at a Brussels summit, sets out how 27 member-countries will cut carbon emissions by 20% by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the summit chairman, said something "quite historic" had happened in Brussels.
But critics said concessions made to some nations and sectors would lessen the package's long-term impact. Read more...

France fined over GM crop delay

BBC News, December 09, 2008

The EU's top court has ordered France to pay a 10m-euro (£8.7m; $12.9m) fine for delaying implementing EU rules on genetically modified (GM) crops.
The European Court of Justice said France's conduct was "unlawful". France has refused to apply a 2002 law which set out how biotech crops could be planted in areas where other conventional crops were being grown. Read more...

U.S. polluters to pay record $11.8 billion in 2008: EPA

ENN, December 05, 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcement actions during the 2008 budget year resulted in a record $11.8 billion in pollution controls and projects to clean up the environment, the agency said on Thursday.
"After these pollution control activities are completed, EPA estimates record pollution reductions of 3.9 billion pounds per year," said Granta Nakayama, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. Read more...

Genetically Modified Crops Reach 9 Percent of Global Primary Crop Production

ENN, December 05, 2008

Washington, D.C. - Genetically modified crops reached 9 percent of global primary crop production in 2007, bringing the total GM land area up to 114.3 million hectares, according to Worldwatch Institute estimates published in the latest Vital Signs Update. The United States continues to be the global leader in production, accounting for half of all GM crop area. Read more...

EU approves genetically modified soybean for import

ENN, December 02, 2008

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has authorized imports of a genetically modified (GM) soybean type for sale across its 27 national markets for the next 10 years, the European Commission said on Thursday.
Developed and marketed by Monsanto, the soybean is destined for use in food and animal feed, not for growing. It is a second-generation GM product known by its code number MON 89788 and commercially as Roundup RReady2Yield. Read more...

Anti-whaling activists joined by Daryl Hannah

ENN, December 02, 2008

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Hardline anti-whaling activists prepared on Tuesday to pursue Japan's Antarctic whaling fleet with support from Daryl Hannah, who criticized Greenpeace for opting out of the annual chase.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which clashed last year with the eight-ship fleet, bombarding it with stink bombs and briefly boarding a harpoon vessel, departs Australia on Wednesday for the Southern Ocean. Read more...

EU agrees to cut car emissions in climate fight

ENN, December 02, 2008

European carmakers must cut global-warming gases from new vehicles by 18 percent within the next six years, the EU agreed on Monday, after a long battle between environmentalists and an industry facing tough times.
"This deal represents a balance between the needs of the environment and the car industry across Europe, which is suffering massively at the moment," British Conservative lawmaker Martin Callanan told Reuters late on Monday. Read more...

Is Recycling Worth It? Popular Mechanics Investigation

ENN, December 02, 2008

Americans haul 82 million tons of trash to recycling centers each year. But does it pay off—for the environment or the economy? Popular Mechanics has some real answers.
Written by Alex Hutchinson, appearing in the December issue of Popular Mechanics. Read more...

Hot air: UN climate talks to create 13,000 tonnes of carbon

ENN, December 1, 2008

Staging a global forum on climate change is a dilemma, for it adds to very problem it is trying to solve. Around 13,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) will add to Earth's greenhouse effect from the December 1-12 meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UNFCCC said.
That estimate is based on a turnout of 8,000 people, but as of Sunday 10,657 people had registered for the talks.
Poland, which is hosting the meeting, "plans to offset the total emissions resulting from the conference once a final calculation has been made," the UNFCCC said. Read more...

Green taxes need explaining or risk backlash: study

ENN, November 28, 2008

OSLO (Reuters) - Governments must do a better job of explaining environmental taxes such as charges on driving in cities or higher electricity bills or risk a public backlash, a study showed on Friday. Governments often fail to link green taxes to their goal of curbing energy use or helping a shift to renewable energies, according to Steffen Kallbekken, of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo. Read more...

WORLDWIDE FUR FREE FRIDAY - NOVEMBER, 28 2008

The Anti-Fur Coalition has decided to create a new international event to be held together with Fur Free Friday (FFF) in the USA. Fur Free Friday is an anti-fur event which is always held on the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the country’s busiest shopping day before Christmas.

"Skinned Alive": a voice to say "No to fur"!



The Video Clip & Song "Skinned Alive" have been launched to expose the horrific cruelty inflicted upon fur bearing animals worldwide. They live miserable lives before meeting with unspeakable agonizing deaths simply to become fur coats and trinkets. Listen to the screams of millions of caged innocent animals just to end up even skinned alive for fur

Environment pushes EU to become Arctic player

EuraActiv, November 24, 2008

The European Union on 20 November announced its intention to become an important stakeholder in the Arctic, mainly by promoting an environmental agenda. The European Commission also indicated that Arctic multilateral governance "could be upgraded and adjusted" to changing realities.
The Commission has decided to apply for observer status in the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental forum for countries and peoples, including the Arctic indigenous communities. Read more...

Water management: NGOs present indicators for overhaul

EurActiv, November 19, 2008

European environmental NGOs urged member states to reconsider how water is legally allocated and priced in manufacturing, energy production, agriculture, domestic supply and tourism.
As member states prepare to unveil their draft national plans for the protection of rivers, environmental NGOs, EEB and WWF announced a set of headline indicators against which they plan to measure the EU 27's performance on the issue. Read more...

Beavers arrive for spring release

BBC News, November 21, 2008

Four beaver families have arrived in the UK as part of a historic plan to reintroduce the mammals to Scotland for the first time in more than 400 years.
The beavers were flown into Heathrow Airport on Thursday night from Norway.
They will spend six months in quarantine before being released in Knapdale, Argyll, on a trial basis in spring 2009. Read more...

China's crops at risk from massive erosion

ENN, November 21, 2008

BEIJING (Reuters) - Over a third of China's land is being scoured by serious erosion that is putting its crops and water supply a risk, a three-year nationwide survey has found.
Soil is being washed and blown away not only in remote rural areas, but near mines, factories and even in cities, the official Xinhua agency cited the country's bio-environment security research team saying. Each year some 4.5 billion tonnes of soil are lost, threatening the country's ability to feed itself. Read more...

UK to auction carbon permits

BBC News, November 18, 2008

The UK government is to auction carbon emissions permits to power firms in a sale projected to raise between 1.5 and 2bn euros (£1.2-1.6bn) by 2014.
The Treasury is being warned that if it keeps the money, it risks fuelling public cynicism about green taxes.
A coalition of green groups and business leaders is demanding proceeds fund a green energy revolution. Read more...

James Bond a not-so-secret green agent

Grist, November 13, 2008

The new James Bond flick Quantum of Solace, which opens this weekend, has an eco-theme. Quantum of Solace continues the storyline that began with Casino Royale and finds Bond shaken (not stirred) by the death and betrayal of a loved one. He wants revenge, and he points a (Gold)finger at "eco-entrepreneur" Dominic Greene (the man with the green gun?). Played by Mathieu Amalric, Greene is the owner of an eco-hotel in the Chilean desert -- an oasis aimed at luring rich and powerful folk with fancy environmental technology. But could this Bond villain really be who he seems? (Dr.) No! In fact, the hotel and "Save the Earth" shtick is just a front for Greene's plan to seize part of South America's water supply.Aha! A brilliant plot twist: Mr. Greene is Greenewashing! I hope Bond can figure it out in time. After all, you only live twice.

Watch the movie trailer:

Coal to remain world's top power source: IEA

ENN, November 14, 2008

LONDON (Reuters) - Coal, which produces more climate-warming carbon dioxide than oil or gas, will remain the world's main source of power until 2030 and nuclear will lose market share, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
Expectations of slower economic growth have led the IEA to downgrade its 2030 world electricity demand forecast to 23,141 terawatt hours (TWh), but the share of coal generated power would rise to 44 percent by 2015 from 41 percent in 2006. It would stay at that level to 2030. Read more...

Europe sits on damning bluefin tuna report

ENN, November 14, 2008

European fisheries report demonstrating continuing widespread infringements by bluefin tuna fleets despite increased fleet surveillance in the Mediterranean has been delayed until after the conclusion of next week's key international tuna commission meeting to decide on a new management regime for the fishery.The existence of the report, revealed today by The Economist, undermines Europe's promise of support for strong action possibly including temporary closure of the fishery at the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Read more...

Σε καλή πορεία το κλείσιμο των χωματερών

ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ, 14 Νοεμβρίου 2008

Θετική κρίθηκε από τους εκπροσώπους της Ευρωπαϊκής Ενωσης η εξέλιξη των έργων που εκτελούνται σε όλη τη χώρα και αποβλέπουν στο κλείσιμο των παράνομων χωματερών. Με την απειλή της επιβολής υψηλών κοινοτικών προστίμων πάντα ορατή, αλλά και τις εγγενείς δυσκολίες του εγχειρήματος πάντα δεδομένες, η Διυπουργική Επιτροπή ανέλυσε -χθες το πρωί- με κάθε λεπτομέρεια στους ανώτατους αξιωματούχους της Γενικής Διεύθυνσης Περιβάλλοντος της Ευρωπαϊκής Ενωσης την πορεία των έργων για τη διαχείριση των στερεών αποβλήτων έτσι όπως αυτή αποτυπώνεται και στις 13 Περιφέρειες της χώρας. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

20χρονη αρσενική αρκούδα τραυματίστηκε θανάσιμα από Ι.Χ.

TA NEA, 14 Νοεμβρίου 2008

Φονική παγίδα για τις αρκούδες έχει γίνει το οδικό δίκτυο της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας. Μεγάλη αρσενική αρκούδα, βάρους περίπου 277 κιλών, προσπάθησε προχθές αργά το βράδυ να διασχίσει τμήμα του παλιού εθνικού οδικού δικτύου κοντά στην Καστοριά κι έπεσε θύμα τροχαίου ατυχήματος. Η αρκούδα- η μεγαλύτερη που έχουν εντοπίσει μέχρι σήμερα οι επιστήμονες της περιβαλλοντικής οργάνωσης Καλλιστώ- κατάφερε εύκολα να περάσει στο οδόστρωμα του αυτοκινητοδρόμου, ελλείψει των κατάλληλων προδιαγραφών του οδικού δικτύου, τα οποία θα μπορούσαν να εμποδίσουν τη διέλευση του άγριου ζώου. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Υποσχέσεις για 2.587 ανεμογεννήτριες

TA NEA, 13 Νοεμβρίου 2008

Την εγκατάσταση 2.587 ανεμογεννητριών σε όλη τη χώρα προωθεί το Ειδικό Χωροταξικό Πλαίσιο για τις Ανανεώσιμες Πηγές Ενέργειας (ΑΠΕ), το οποίο ενέκρινε χθες η Κυβερνητική Επιτροπή.

«Οι εθνικοί στόχοι είναι το ποσοστό συμμετοχής των ΑΠΕ στην ακαθάριστη κατανάλωση ενέργειας της χώρας να ανέλθει, από 11% που είναι σήμερα, σε 20,1% μέχρι το 2010 και σε 29% μέχρι το 2020», τόνισε χθες ο υπουργός ΠΕΧΩΔΕ Γιώργος Σουφλιάς. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Η φωτορρύπανση στο Λεκανοπέδιο επηρεάζει το βιολογικό ρολόι της χλωρίδας

TA NEA, 11 Νοεμβρίου 2008

Τον χειμώνα... καλοκαίρι κάνουν τα φώτα των πόλεων για τα φυτά. Στη φωτορρύπανση - τον υπερβολικό φωτισμό στις πόλεις- και όχι στην καλοκαιρία οφείλεται η παράξενη συμπεριφορά των φυτών που ανθίζουν εκτός εποχής ή «ξεχνούν» να ρίξουν τα φύλλα τους. Έρευνα που πραγματοποίησαν φοιτητές του Τμήματος Περιβάλλοντος του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου, υπό την εποπτεία του καθηγητή κ. Ν. Μάργαρη, απέδειξε ότι «τα πολλά φώτα στο λεκανοπέδιο έχουν αλλάξει τον βιολογικό κύκλο των φυτών. Το σωστότερο θα ήταν να πω ότι ουσιαστικά κατάργησαν αυτόν τον κύκλο». Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Τα «δημοτικά» ποδήλατα κατακτούν την Ευρώπη

ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, 11 Νοεμβρίου 2008

ΣΕ ΜΙΑ ΕΥΡΩΠΗ με ολοένα εντονότερες οικολογικές ευαισθησίες, λένε πως υπάρχουν μόνο δύο είδη δημάρχων: Αυτοί που έχουν σύστημα ενοικίασης ποδηλάτων και αυτοί που θέλουν να αποκτήσουν. Τα τελευταία χρόνια, προγράμματα όπως το Velib, που εγκαινίασε το 2007 στο Παρίσι ο δήμαρχος Μπερτράν Ντελανοέ, φυτρώνουν σαν τα μανιτάρια αποκτώντας όλο και περισσότερους οπαδούς: Λυών, Ρεν, Ντύσελντορφ, Βαρκελώνη, Παμπλόνα, όλες αυτές οι πόλεις έχουν υποκύψει στη γοητεία του ποδηλάτου. Ακόμα και η Ρώμη, μια πόλη με στενά σοκάκια και χαώδη κίνηση, ξεκίνησε πρόσφατα ένα μικρό πιλοτικό πρόγραμμα, το Roma΄n΄Βike. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Οικολογικό Πάρκο 1,15 εκατ. στρεμμάτων στον Πάρνωνα

ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, 07 Νοεμβρίου 2008

ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΠΑΡΚΟ Πάρνωνα- Μουστού που καλύπτει έκταση 1.150.000 στρεμμάτων θεσμοθετείται με Κοινή Υπουργική Απόφαση (ΚΥΑ), την οποία υπέγραψε χθες ο υπουργός ΠΕΧΩΔΕ Γιώργος Σουφλιάς. Ο Πάρνωνας, με υψόμετρο 1.940, επλήγη από τις φωτιές το 2007 με συνέπεια να καούν 45.066 στρέμματα - συνολικά 8,1 % της προστατευόμενης έκτασης. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Europeans Form Renewable Energy Agency

ENN, Novmeber 5, 2008

A consortium of European governments is developing the world's first International Renewable Energy Agency.
The agency, known as IRENA, will serve as a global cheerleader for clean energy. It plans to offer technical, financial, and policy advice for governments worldwide, according to a joint announcement from Germany, Spain, and Denmark-the project's leaders. Read more...

UK Launches Carbon Footprint Standard

Environmental Leader, October 30, 2008

BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra have launched a new standard to help businesses assess the carbon footprint of their goods and services. The standard, called PAS 2050, measures the GHG emissions in goods and services throughout their entire life cycle, from sourcing raw materials, through to manufacture, distribution, use and disposal.
The aim of the new standard is to help businesses move beyond managing the emissions their own processes create and to look at the opportunities for reducing emissions in the design, making and supplying of products. Read more...

Waste-to-energy plans get EU's nod of approval

EuroActiv, October 21, 2008

Environment ministers from the 27 EU countries yesterday (20 October) approved a new framework waste directive that includes provisions to burn waste for energy use as part of a five-step hierarchy prioritising prevention.
"By promoting the use of waste as a secondary resource, the new directive is intended to reduce the landfill of waste as well as potent greenhouse gases arising from such landfill sites," the ministers said in a statement following the Environment Council on 20 October.
Central to the revised EU approach is the introduction of a strict waste management hierarchy that governments and local authorities must apply when developing waste policy. Read more...

Report: Demand on nature reaching critical proportions

EurActiv, October 29, 2008

Growing populations are putting so much pressure on the Earth's natural resources that two planets will be required by early 2030s if we are to maintain our current lifestyles, according to figures released today (29 October).
The biannual Living Planet Report by the Global Footprint Network, WWF and the Zoological Society of London reveals that the timetable for reaching the 'two-planet threshold' has been cut by 20 years since the previous figures. Read more...

Ivory auction opens amid concerns

BBC News, October 28, 2008

The first officially sanctioned sale of ivory in southern Africa for almost a decade opened on Tuesday. Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe will auction more than 100 tonnes of ivory from stockpiles to buyers from China and Japan.
The money raised will go into elephant conservation projects. Read more...

Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση διατηρεί το γενικό στόχο της για το κλίμα

In.gr, 16 Οκτωβρίου 2008

Παρά τις αντιδράσεις πολλών χωρών-μελών που ανησυχούν για το κόστος, οι ηγέτες της ΕΕ συμφώνησαν στη Σύνοδο Κορυφής να επιμείνουν στο στόχο τους για μείωση των αερίων του θερμοκηπίου, λαμβάνοντας όμως υπόψη τις «ιδιαίτερες συνθήκες» σε κάθε χώρα. Το φιλόδοξο σχέδιο της η ΕΕ κατά της κλιματικής αλλαγής προβλέπουν ότι πολλές βαριές βιομηχανίες θα πρέπει να πληρώνουν για τα δικαιώματα εκπομπής αερίων του θερμοκηπίου. Στόχος είναι να μειωθούν οι εκπομπές κατά 20% έως το 2020, σε σχέση με τα επίπεδα του 1990. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Analysts say global carbon market will pass $100B by year's end

ENN, October 13, 2008

The global carbon market is on pace to grow more than 80 percent this year to $116 billion, according to the clean-technology research and analytics firm New Energy Finance.
The burgeoning market -- which hinges on the buying and selling of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions-- grew almost 36 percent, from $64 billion at the start of January to $87 billion at the end of September. Read more...

Britain exceeds biofuels target - govt agency

ENN, October 8, 2008

Britain is exceeding its 2.5 percent target for biofuels use in motor fuel but several oil companies have failed to meet environmental goals, a government agency said on Tuesday.'These early figures demonstrate that some companies have risen to the challenge of sourcing biofuels to meet good sustainability standards,' Nick Goodall, chief executive officer of the Renewable Fuels Agency said in a statement. Read more...

Berlin aims to become solar powerhouse

Planet 2025, October 5, 2008

Berlin wants to become a world leader in the solar energy field, both as a user of the sun's rays for energy and as a pioneer in solar technology despite its northern, cloud-covered location, its economy minister said. "You don't necessarily have to have the best natural geographic conditions to be a solar power capital," Harald Wolf told Reuters in an interview, referring to the German capital's 52-degree north latitude and its cloud cover for about two-thirds of daylight hours. Read more...

Europe hopes world will follow mercury ban

EurActiv, September 25, 2008

EU Ministers in the Competitiveness Council yesterday (25 September) adopted a regulation banning all exports of mercury from the EU in 2011, wrapping up a key part of a European strategy to limit emissions of the toxic heavy metal into the environment. Read more...

Norway's Efforts to Contain Greenhouse Gases Move Forward -- and Backfire

The Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2008

In 1991, Norway became one of the first countries in the world to impose a stiff tax on harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Since then, the country's emissions should have dropped. Instead, they have risen by 15%.
Although the tax forced Norway's oil and gas sector to become among the greenest in the world, soaring energy prices led to a boom in offshore production, which in turn boosted overall emissions. Read more...

Δυσοίωνη η ευρωπαϊκή έκθεση για τις επιπτώσεις από την άνοδο της θερμοκρασίας

ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, 30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008

Η Ευρώπη θερμαίνεται γρηγορότερα από τον υπόλοιπο κόσμο και η λήψη μέτρων για τους κατοίκους της είναι απαραίτητη, τονίζεται σε έκθεση της Ευρωπαϊκής Υπηρεσίας Περιβάλλοντος. Οι προβλέψεις δεν είναι καθόλου καλές και για την Ελλάδα: ξηρασία, πλημμύρες, πυρκαγιές και... τροπικές νύχτες θα γίνουν κομμάτι της καθημερινότητάς μας. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Διαβάστε την έκθεση: Impacts of Europe's changing climate - 2008 indicator-based assessment

Brazil unveils deforestation plan

BBC News, September 26, 2008

The Brazilian government has pledged to end net deforestation by 2015.
It is one of the key commitments in a draft climate change plan, which stops short of setting specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The plan - setting out how Brazil will help prevent climate change, and how it will adapt to it - was promised nearly a year ago by President Lula. Read more...

Read also: Brazil government 'worst logger'

Spain expects 3,000 MW in solar plants by 2010

ENN, September 26, 2008

Spain's government said its new and less generous subsidy scheme, due to take effect shortly, foresees solar power plants reaching a capacity of 3,000 megawatts by 2010, or about double the present total. Read more...

World's common birds 'declining'

BBC News, September 22, 2008

The populations of the world's common birds are declining as a result of continued habitat loss, a global assessment has warned. The survey by BirdLife International found that 45% of Europe's common birds had seen numbers fall, as had more than 80% of Australia's wading species. Read more...

Πρόστιμα 1,4 εκατ. ευρώ σε 22 ρυπαντές

ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ, 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008

Πρόστιμα συνολικού ύψους 1,4 εκατ. ευρώ επιβλήθηκαν με απόφαση του υπουργού ΠΕΧΩΔΕ κατόπιν ελέγχων από τους επιθεωρητές περιβάλλοντος. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...