Full Coverage: Pollution

27.03.2006 Prishtinë - Sot përfundoi debati i shtatë dhe i fundit publik për “Planin e Kosovës për Veprim në Mjedis”, i cili u organizua nga Ministria e Mjedisit dhe Planifikimit Hapësinor në bashkëpunim me Qendrën Rajonale për Mjedis. “Plani i Kosovës për Veprim në Mjedis” paraqet një dokument i cili synon përcaktimin afatgjatë të zhvillimit të politikave për sajimin e gjendjes mjedisore dhe për zhvillim të qëndrueshëm.

27.03.2006 New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says that it is time to lay emphasis on the impact that environment has on health as poor environment goes hand in hand with bad health. Experts have called for defining the environment-health research agenda, especially for the new school of public health.

25.03.2006 from EcoStreet blog:
Here's a great list - complete with links - showing how we can all make a difference. Everything from energy efficiency to eating...

24.03.2006 As the cost of natural gas continues to climb, wind-generated electricity is gaining ground as an affordable and renewable alternative, argues eco-economy guru Lester Brown. In fact, both rural communities and big-time players are beginning to take notice--and take advantage.

22.03.2006 The third annual April Fuels Day is just around the corner. Find out what you can do to help encourage the use of pollution-free alternatives by joining the Jumpstart Ford Campaign today!

21.03.2006 "Only in a Humpty-Dumpty world," would the Bush Administration's regulation easing clean air requirements for some 17,000 industrial facilities be allowed under the existing Clean Air Act, a federal appeals court said Friday.

21.03.2006 Po povod 21 Mart, Denot na proletta, Dvizenjeto na Ekologistitie na Makedonija (DEM) gi pretstavi godisnite nagradi i priznanija za 2005 godina i go objavi pocetokot na kampanjata za sobiranje na plasticna ambalaza, vo ramkite na aktivnostite za zacuvuvanje na zivotnata sredina.

21.03.2006 On the occasion of March 21, the Spring Day, the Ecologists’ Movement of Macedonia (DEM) presented its Annual Awards for 2005 and announced the start of the campaign for collection and recycling of plastic bottles and containers, organized under its activities to protect and conserve the environment.

20.03.2006 Sono 69 i contaminanti di provata tossicità rinvenuti nel sangue di 14 direttori delle principali testate giornalistiche italiane scoperti da un'indagine realizzata dal Wwf in collaborazione con l’azienda erboristica Aboca nell'ambito della campagna Detox/Svelènati. La ricerca ha valutato l’esposizione umana ad alcuni tra i più tossici contaminanti esistenti attraverso l’analisi di campioni di sangue di volontari non esposti professionalmente e quindi rappresentativi della popolazione. Il numero più elevato di contaminanti riscontrato in uno stesso soggetto è stato di 55 sostanze, mentre il più basso è stato di 13. I risultati sono inequivocabili: tutte le persone sottoposte al test, indipendentemente dai luoghi in cui vivono e che frequentano, sono risultate contaminate in media da un “cocktail” di 39 sostanze chimiche sintetiche pericolose per la salute e tutti hanno tracce di pesticidi, metalli pesanti e ritardanti di fiamma.

19.03.2006 from Treehugger:
"Driving a big SUV is like smoking - it is becoming socially unacceptable," says Lloyd Alter. When will this happen in the UK?

16.03.2006 from the BBC:
"To make the substantial cuts in emissions we are going to have to make, there are only two ways to do it - taxation or rationing." Domestic Tradable Quotas, personal pollution allowances, have to be the answer.

15.03.2006 Should the manufacturer of a product dubbed "toxic-cola" in India be a leading sponsor of the World Water Forum? Given its history of land and water pollution, Coca-Cola's sponsorship threatens the credibility of the entire forum, says Amit Srivastava.

14.03.2006 The unstopable technological development, in addition to the positive, shows us its extremely negative aspects. The ammount of electronic waste is growing at such a rate that many international environmental groups decided to raise the alarm, inviting both manufacturers and consumers, as well as the state institutions, to take urgent measures for control of the electronic waste. The electronics industry grows exponentially. Products such as TV sets, cellular phones, computers and computer accessories, photographic cameras, printers, etc., increase their share of total ammount of communal waste.

14.03.2006 from EcoStreet blog:
What have green tomatoes got to do with being able to take a cab in London without putting more pollution into the atmosphere?

13.03.2006 Villagers in the coastal belt of Orissa want to leave their village and their lands which they have tilled for generations simply because debilitating pollution from coalfields has rendered their fields unfertile, contaminated drinking water and has rendered air impossible to breathe. The only hitch in leaving their village is that the government is unwilling to rehabilitate them.

11.03.2006 from Mur Crusto eco-farm blog:
How much fuel gets burned up by military aircraft on training flights?

09.03.2006 from Monbiot.com:
We are all killers... until we stop flying, says George Monbiot.

08.03.2006 Any chance of Australia significantly cutting its greenhouse gas emissions was called into question yesterday as the Federal Opposition joined the Coalition in endorsing coal as a long-term source of power.

08.03.2006 A coalition of 12 states, three major cities, one island government and several environmental groups Friday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not have to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants.

07.03.2006 Tregu i Uzinës Dinamo ndodhet në pjesën veriore të unazës së vogël në qytetin e Tiranës. Një ndër problemet më shqetësues të tregut janë mbeturinat, të cilat kanë uzurpuar sipërfaqe të konsiderushme të tij. Hedhja abuzibe e mbeturinave në hapësirat e tregut prej individëve të pandërgjegjshëm shkakton ndotje të mjedisit dhe dëmton shëndetin publik