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...

EU energy chief backs Arctic drilling

EurActiv, September 22, 2008

Despite environmentalists' warnings against drilling for oil and gas in such a fragile ecosystem, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said guaranteeing Europe's energy security justified further exploration of the North Pole.
"You even need to go into hostile environments […] You can't say 'this is a sanctuary' because it will not work […] Otherwise, where will we get energy from?," he said, speaking at a debate organised by Friends of Europe on Friday (19 September). Read more...

11 αρκούδες νεκρές σε 13 τροχαία

Ελευθεροτυπία, 23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008

SOS «Αρκτούρου» προς το ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ για τις τελευταίες αρκούδες της δυτικής Μακεδονίας. Η περιβαλλοντική οργάνωση ζητεί τη λήψη μέτρων προστασίας, καθώς έχουν σημειωθεί 13 τροχαία ατυχήματα με θύματα αρκούδες, από τα οποία τα 11 θανατηφόρα. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

September 23 is Earth Overshoot Day

Planet 2025, September 16, 2008

September 23 this year marks an unfortunate milestone: the day humanity will have used all the resources nature will generate this year, according to data from Global Footprint Network, a research organization that measures how much nature we have, how much we use and who uses what. Beyond that day, we move into the ecological equivalent of deficit spending, utilizing resources at a rate faster than what the planet can regenerate in a calendar year. Read more...

Baltic states fail to protect damaged sea

Planet 2025, 09 September 2008

Nine Baltic sea states all scored failing grades in an annual WWF evaluation of their performance in protecting and restoring the world’s most damaged sea. The assessment, presented today at the Baltic Sea Festival, graded the countries on how well they are doing in six separate areas - biodiversity, fisheries, hazardous substances, marine transport and eutrophication - and on how they have succeeded in developing an integrated sea-use management system. Read more...

SΟS για τους τελευταίους δράκους

ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, 09 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008

Οι Δράκοι του Κόμοντο είναι γιγάντιες σαρκοβόρες σαύρες που τρέφονται με μεγάλα ζώα και απειλούνται με εξαφάνιση, καθώς το οικοσύστημά τους καταστρέφεται με ραγδαίους ρυθμούς. Oι δράκοι, οι οποίοι φθάνουν σε μήκος τα τρία μέτρα και ζυγίζουν ώς και 165 κιλά, ζουν μόνο στο Κόμοντο και σε λίγα ακόμη γύρω νησιά της Κεντρικής Ινδονησίας. Έχουν ήδη χαρακτηριστεί απειλούμενο είδος, εξαιτίας της καταστροφής του οικοσυστήματός τους και των κυνηγών που τους στερούν τα θηράματά τους. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Sea level rise limited to two metres

ENN, September 5, 2008

What is the maximum amount that sea levels could rise by 2100? Much attention has been given to the numbers issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007, and the fact that they are absolute minimums.
Now, a team of researchers has said that there may be a way of nailing the fixed upper limit — a rate of sea-level rise which physically could not be surpassed by the end of the century. That level, they say, is 2 metres: sea levels are unlikely to rise more than 2 metres by 2100. Read more...

Germany leads 'clean coal' pilot

BBC News, September 4, 2008

Beneath the gargantuan grey boiler towers of Schwarze Pumpe power station which pierce the skies of northern Germany, a Lilliputian puzzle of metal boxes and shining canisters is about to mark a moment of industrial history. This mini power plant is a pilot project for carbon capture and storage (CCS) - the first coal-fired plant in the world ready to capture and store its own CO2 emissions.
Next week the pilot - an oxyfuel boiler - will be formally commissioned. Read more...

Φορο-μπόνους για απόσυρση

TA NEA, 4 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008

Απόσυρση των παλαιών και ρυπογόνων αυτοκινήτων σε δύο φάσεις, από το 2010 έως το 2015, με την παροχή φορολογικών κινήτρων αλλά και αντικινήτρων, ετοιμάζουν για περίπου 1,5 εκατ. σαραβαλάκια τα υπουργεία Οικονομίας, Περιβάλλοντος και Μεταφορών. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

New report loosens noose around Albatross’s neck

ENN, September 2, 2008

The survival chances of the albatross, now officially the most threatened seabird family in the world, have been improved following a new report released by WWF-South Africa. Read more...

ICELAND: Filling Up on Hydrogen

ENN, August 28, 2008

REYKJAVIK, Aug 28 (IPS) - Earlier this year, the Icelandic whale-watching boat Elding was fitted with a hydrogen-powered generator that fuels its lighting system, electric equipment and navigation machinery. It is the first of its kind in the world. Read more...

Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste

Environmental Leader, August 27, 2008

Microsoft announced that its new recycling program is helping to cut its Redmond headquarters’ waste in half. [..] In July, the company announced that its employee incentives to improve energy efficiency saw a 22 percent improvement in the energy efficiency of its data centers from 2004 to 2007. Read more...