Full Coverage: Pollution

30.11.2007

28.11.2007 "Teidän maissanne yhtiöt voivat olla puhtaita, mutta meillä ne eivät ole", kertoo ecuadorilainen Wilman Jiménez. Hänen maassaan öljy-yhtiöt jättävät jälkeensä saasteita, käyttökelvotonta maata, juomakelvotonta vettä ja köyhyyttä.

16.11.2007 The UN in India has set up Legislators’ Forums with the state assemblies to assist legislators discuss developmental issues in a more structured manner. In its first meeting in the state of Rajasthan, the Forum focused on the issue of water.

16.11.2007 Learn how cities can do more with better management of water waste that gets generated everyday. Delhi based Centre of Science and Environment is conducting a course on waste water management from January 14-17, 2008 at its New Delhi premises. Registrations are now open.

15.11.2007 NEW YORK, Nov 14 (OneWorld) - A new study by an independent think tank names and shames the power companies responsible for high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States and abroad.

14.11.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 (OneWorld) - Environmentalists are calling for an international ban on bunker fuel, a particularly noxious petroleum product used to power most ocean-going cargo ships, including those responsible for massive spills this week in the Black Sea and San Francisco Bay.

07.11.2007 The latest analysis from Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) warns of critical levels of air pollution in the capital. The exponential growth of private vehicles, particularly diesel ones, has defeated the gains from its earlier CNG drive when diesel buses in the city were phased out to check pollution.

05.11.2007 "Alt ai cambiamenti climatici! Riduciamo la CO2" è il titolo scelto per la seconda edizione della Settimana di Educazione allo Sviluppo Sostenibile, che si tiene dal 5 all’11 novembre 2007 sotto l’egida della Commissione Italiana per l’UNESCO. La settimana propone oltre 205 iniziative in piazze, scuole e sedi istituzionali per sensibilizzare i cittadini su problema estremamente grave. "La drammatica urgenza della lotta ai cambiamenti climatici è ormai ampiamente percepita, ma tale presa di coscienza non è ancora accompagnata da un concreto mutamento degli stili di vita e dei sistemi produttivi" - afferma l'Unesco. E dal 7 al 10 novembre a Rimini si tiene l'undicesima edizione di Ecomondo, la Fiera internazionale del recupero di materiale ed energie dello sviluppo sostenibile.

05.11.2007 The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has launched a national program to address post-consumer plastic waste. People are being told to segregate the plastic from other garbage to make recycle collections easier and to stop dumping them on roadsides.