| S/N |
Title |
Synopsis |
| I. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology and Findings |
| 1 |
Cows to ease energy crisis |
A
recent study by the Dairy Federation has indicated that dung produced byT
the Pacific Northwest region of (USA was looking into using cow dung to
produce electricity.) region's cows could be the green fuel needed to fill
the growing hydro-electric gap. |
| 2 |
USEPA grows solutions to clean-up
problems at toxic sites |
Trees
and other plants offer a safe and cost-effective way of cleaning up polluted
soil and ground water.USEPA's The National Risk Management Research Laboratory
has had successfully used stands of poplar trees, alfalfa and Indian mustard
to cleanse polluted soil and water. |
| II. Subject Area : Environmental
Policy and Regulation |
| 43 |
Germany plans new
ordinance to push production of renewable energy sources |
Germany
is planning a "Bio-Energy Ordinance" to regulate subsidies for electricity
produced from biological materials such as wood, dung or organic wastes
inas part of its efforts to reduce green house gas emissions. |
| 54 |
European countries start work
on pollution release inventory treaty |
More
than two dozen European countries have startedare working on a new international
agreement that would rrequire firms to maintain records on their pollutant
releases and to make the information available to the public. |
| 65 |
Euro parliament calls for phase-out
of lead, cadmium additives in PVC plastics |
The European Parliament
has called for legislation to phase out the use of lead and cadmium as
additives in producing polyvinyl chloride plastics. |
| 76 |
Environment Canada
to review HFC use as part of Kyoto Protocol Commitments |
The Canadian
government would be conducting a survey on Canada's use of hydrofluorocarbons
(HFCs) and fluorobutane to understand their applications of these chemicals
in the industry and to assess the need for control strategies. |
| III. Subject Area: General
Environmental News |
| 87 |
International move on mercury
disposal is taking off |
The member countries
of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is are set to launching
a two- year study to assessing the impact of mercury in the environment
as a preliminary step towards the possibility of regulating mercury on
an international basis. |
| 98 |
U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Launches
Carbon Trust to Spur Business Investment |
The Deputy Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom has launched the a "carbon trust" to encourage business
investment in clean technologies to meet its goal in reducing carbon emissions
by at least 20 percent, well over the targets agreed upon in the 1997 Kyoto
Protocol. |
| 109 |
Fumigation Products
Get Reviewed |
The
National Pest Management Association (NPMA) of USA held a meeting to reviewed
the use of fumigants like phosphine, methyl bromide and dichlorvos, and
new products such as Profume. |
| 1110 |
Thai Initiatives Encourage Alternative
Fuel Use in Cars |
Thai Petroleum Authority
announced new initiatives that encourageing the use of alternative fuels,
including tax reductions, construction of fuel stations for natural gas
vehicles, and scientific studies. |
| 1211 |
Dupont Adds CFC Alternatives |
Alternatives Dupont
is producing alternatives to the chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)-12 and (CFC)-114,
halon-1301, and the perfluorooctanyl chemistries are being produced by
Dupont. |
| S/N |
Title |
Synopsis |
| I. Subject Area: Environmental
Policy and Regulations |
| 1 |
EU proposes energy
saving standards for buildings |
To reduce emissions
of carbon dioxide, new buildings throughout the European Union would have
to comply with minimum EU energy efficiency standards. |
| 2 |
European Parliament wants amendments
to be made to the noise management directive |
The European Parliament proposed
amendments to force the adoption of a maximum noise level and to follow
up with "daughter" noise management directives containing binding noise
emission standards for trains, planes and some motor vehicles. |
| |
| II. Subject Area: Environmental
Pollution and Health |
| 3 |
NTP rodent tests link cancer to
acrylonitrile and ortho-nitrotoluene |
Animal tests by the National Toxicology
Program (NTP; Research Triangle Park, NC) showed "clear evidence" of carcinogenicity
associated with exposure to acrylonitrile and ortho-nitrotoluene. |
| 4 |
Southern California school districts
can buy only vehicles that run on natural gas |
The regional air quality agency
has decided that the Southern California school districts will have to
phase out old, diesel-run buses and replace them with natural gas buses. |
| III. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology |
| 5 |
New technology reduces diesel
emissions |
Researchers at the Department
of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new
catalyst that can reduce harmful nitrogen oxides from diesel engine emissions
by half. |
| 6 |
New technique to clean up and
recycle industrial effluent |
CSIRO, Australia has developed
an energy-saving technique that can clean up or recycle effluent produced
by industrial processes more efficiently and cheaply. |
| S/N |
Title |
Synopsis |
| I. Subject Area: Environmental
Policy and Regulations |
| 1 |
EPA to tighten controls
on toxic emissions from vehicles |
The United States
Environmental Protection Agency is evaluating the need to tighten controls
on emissions of hazardous air pollutants from cars and trucks. |
| 2 |
The route to lower
pollution from buses |
The Israel Environment
Minister decided to issue injunctions against the directors of bus companies
to force them to limit the pollution emitted from buses. |
| II. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology |
| 3 |
Screen test to detect mercury
in fish |
Scientists at the Scripps Research
Institute in California develop a fast and easy test to screen for the
presence of mercury in fish. |
| 4 |
Researchers target ultrasound
for cleaning water |
Researchers from the Purdue University
in United States discover the sound frequencies that could degrade certain
pollutants most efficiently. This discovery could help pave the way for
water cleansing systems that use ultrasound. |
| III. Subject Area: General
Environmental News |
| 5 |
NOx control drawbacks |
Researchers in the United States
and Japan warn that efforts to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides could
increase the levels of methane in the atmosphere and exacerbate global
warming. |
| 6 |
Great Britain opens the door for
green energy research |
The UK Trade and Industry invests
in a new partnership called Integration of New and Renewable Energy in
Buildings which would look into ways of reducing carbon dioxide emissions
and accelerating the growth of renewable energy products in UK. |
| 7 |
Air quality of major Chinese cities |
The China Environmental Monitoring
Center has released a report on the air quality in 42 major Chinese cities. |
| S/N |
Title |
Synopsis |
| I. Subject Area: Environmental
Policy and Regulations |
| 1 |
New York to set rules on diesel
generator emissions |
New York's Department of Environmental
Conservation would be establishing emission standards for emergency generators. |
| 2 |
Japan calls for more use of natural
gas |
Japan aims to reduce carbon dioxide
emission by promoting more use of natural gas and reduce coal usage. |
| 3 |
Australia defers ruling on MTBE
fuel additive ban |
Australia deferred the decision
to ban the sale of petrol containing MBTE as part of the new clean fuel
standards. |
| II. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology |
| 4 |
Polluted Hong Kong looks to winds
for cleaner power |
Hong Kong is monitoring wind data
to assess whether it is viable to use wind to generate electricity. |
| III. Subject Area: Environmental
Pollution and Health |
| 5 |
Petroleum refiners agree to spend
$400 million to reduce air emissions |
A consortium of three petroleum
refiners in the US have agreed to spend an estimated US$400 million to
reduce air emissions from nine refineries by nearly 60,000 tons per year. |
| 6 |
EU launches three-year probe to
get cleaner air |
The European Commission had launched
a three-year probe on how air quality can improve and reduce pollution-induced
health problems. |
| IV. Subject Area: General Environmental
News |
| 7 |
Green Seeds : A passionate, innovative
group of architects is creating homes and offices that show off the benefits
of eco-living. |
A passionate, innovative group
of Asian architects is creating homes and offices that show off the benefits
of eco-living. |
| 8 |
Less incineration waste was produced
in Switzerland in 2000 |
The amount of incinerable waste
produced in Switzerland declined slightly in 2000, but the total still
exceeds the country's incineration capacity. |
| S/N |
Title |
Synopsis |
| I. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology |
| 1 |
Environmental friendly ceramic
foam could substitute harmful fibers as insulator |
A new high-temperature thermal
ceramic insulator under development by Israeli researchers could become
an environmentally friendly substitute for potentially harmful ceramic
fibers now in use. |
| 2 |
New polymer improves the performance
of membranes used in wastewater treatment |
Researchers at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a way to make filtration
membranes used in wastewater treatment more lasting and perform better. |
| 3 |
Cleaning waste without harmful
chemicals |
A
UK company, Axsia Mozley has come up with the Hydrocyclone technology and
the multi-gravity technology to clean waste without harmful chemicals. |
| III. Subject Area: Environmental
Pollution and Health |
| 4 |
Nitrate in drinking water causes
bladder cancer |
A
new study by researchers from the University of Iowa found that nitrate
in drinking water increases the risk of bladder cancer. |
| 5 |
UK medical study links particulates
with life expectancy |
A UK medical committee has found
that the average life expectancy would increase by up to seven months if
particle pollution improves by 5%. |
| IV. Subject Area: General Environmental
News |
| 6 |
Motorists able to power engines
with vegetable-diesel in California |
California
motorists will soon have the option to power their diesel engines with
environmentally friendly but more costly vegetable oils. |
| 7 |
EU to legislate energy efficiency
for new buildings |
New buildings in the EU would
have to meet tough new energy efficiency standards and existing ones would
have to rate their energy efficiency performance. |
| 8 |
Canada adds airborne soot to toxic
substances list |
The Canadian government declares
airborne particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns (PM 10) as
a toxic substance under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). |
| 9 |
More than one in 10 British children
are carrying superbugs |
The Royal London School of Medicine
reported that more than one in 10 British children are carrying superbugs
resistant to one or more antibiotics. |
| 10 |
Hybrid and fuel cell vehicles
boosted by President Bush's energy plan |
President Bush's national energy
plan is likely to bring more hybrid and fuel cell vehicles to market. |
| S/N |
Title |
Synopsis |
| I. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology |
| 1 |
Scientists turn to rocket technology
for clean electricity |
Researchers from a Sacramento
energy firm and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are using
rocket technology to produce pollution-free electricity and are lobbying
for the production of a full-scale plant to ease the technology's transition
into commercial use. |
| 2 |
Cereal cleans up liquid waste |
The
Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB,
Stuttgart, Germany has developed a process that uses bioabsorbers to bind
heavy metals, and thereby remove them from the process waste streams. |
| II. Subject Area: Environmental
Policy and Regulations |
| 3 |
Germany adopts mandatory deposit
for throw-away beverage containers |
Despite strong opposition by industry
and retailers, the German government has officially adopted a new Packaging
Ordinance prescribing a mandatory deposit on throw-away beverage containers
such as cans and one-way bottles which will take effect in 2002. |
| III. Subject Area: Environmental
Pollution and Health |
| 4 |
Noisy environment harmful to children's
health |
Researchers in United States,
Germany and Austria have found that continuous, low-level traffic noise
is a pollutant that can cause health and motivational problems in children. |
| IV. Subject Area: General Environmental
News |
| 5 |
Scientist query future power of
"carbon sinks" |
Researchers
at University of Michigan and Duke University in North Carolina have completed
a seven-year study which raises doubts about the ability of forests, so-called
carbon sinks, to soak up the excess carbon dioxide being pumped into the
atmosphere from exhaust pipes and smoke stacks. |
| 6 |
Double trouble for female smokers |
Claims that smoking a cigarette
is twice as risky for a woman as a man are backed up by experimental study. |
| 7 |
Study finds algae-produced toxins
in drinking water |
The Orlando Sentinel reported
that algae have left cancer-causing toxins in drinking water that goes
to nearly 185,000 people in West Palm Beach and three southwest Florida
counties. |
| 8 |
Sealing ozone hole could reduce
pollutant neutralizer |
Repairing the ozone layer could
cause an unintentional adverse effect reducing a chemical that neutralizes
pollution, according to a study reported in New Scientist magazine, a British
science and technology journal. |
| S/N |
Title |
Synopsis |
| I. Subject Area: Environmental
Policy and Regulation |
| 1 |
US signs toxic chemical ban |
The US signed a global
treaty that banned the production and use of 12 persistent organic pollutants
or POPs on 25 May 2001US joined 127 other countries in Stockholm for a
two-day conference to adopt and sign a pact on persistent organic pollutants
or POPs. |
| 2 |
EU proposes 10 ppm sulfur limit
in diesel, petrol fuels |
The European Commission
(EC) adopted a proposal to will introduce sulfur-free diesel and petrol
(gasoline) fuels in all every Member State from 1 January 1, 2005. The
use of zero sulfur gasoline will be mandatory effective 2011. A date for
zero sulfur diesel fuel becoming mandatory will be established as part
of a later review. |
| II. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology |
| 43 |
Techniques makes
plastics stronger, more environmentally friendly |
A professor
has discovered that by vibrating the feed containing up to 50% of recycled
plastics in the manufacturing process, stronger plastic productss containing
up to 50% of recyclable content can be produced. |
| 54 |
Lithium silicate
devices could be used as cCarbon dioxide absorption devices in future combat
global warming |
Toshiba
Corp and Toshiba Ceramics Co Ltd say that they have jointly developed a
lithium silicate that surpasses other ceramics in the speed at which it
absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) |
| 75 |
Scientists monitor global air
pollution from space |
A new earth orbitingearth-orbiting
monitor is providing the most complete view assembled to date of the world's
air pollution as it churns through the atmosphere, crossing continents
and oceansto date. |
| 86 |
Company has bioremedy Bioremedy
for MTBE contamination |
A US company has developed
a technology called BioRemedy that uses microbes to break down MTBE. A
company in Houston (USA), has developed a technology which uses microbes
to break MTBE in subsurface. |
| III. Subject Area: Environmental
Pollution and Health |
| 107 |
EPA adopts rule to cut haze in
national parks |
The Bush administration
will not challenge a proposal approved in the last days of the Clinton
presidency to clean up hazy skies over national parks and wilderness areasThe
USEPA is requiring old industrial facilities to be retrofitted with new
pollution-control technology. |
| S/N |
Title |
Synopsis |
| I. Subject Area: Policy |
| 1 |
IMO Approves Accelerated Timetable
for Phasing out Single-Hull Tankers |
The International
Maritime Organisation (IMO) has approved a new timetable for elimination
of single-hull tankers by 2015. It has also called for more stringent reporting
of the structural condition of the ship. |
| 2 |
EU to Implement New Noise Emissions
Directive in 2002 |
A new noise emission
directive will be implemented across the EU on 3 Jan 2002. Under the new
directive, operations of 22 types of outdoor equipment including dumpers
and mobile cranes will have to comply with the minimum noise levels. |
| 3 |
US Senators Want More Renewable
Fuels in Gasoline |
US has introduced
a renewable fuel standard to reduce its dependence on foreign oil imports.
Under the renewable fuel standard, which would be phased in over time,
all motor fuels sold in the US would have to contain either biodiesel or
ethanol from corn or biomass. |
| 4 |
All 15 EU Environment Ministers
Agree on Electro-scrap Law |
EU environment ministers
have agreed to introduce producer responsibility for managing waste electrical
and electronic equipment. Producers of electronic and electrical equipment
also have until Jan 2007 to find substitutes for lead, mercury, cadmium,
hexavalent chromium, and the brominated flame retardants PBB and PBDE,
in their products. |
| II. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology |
| 5 |
New Plan to Force
Greenhouse Gases Underground |
According
to researchers at Adelaide University, Australia, a major proportion of
the world's greenhouse gases may be pumped underground. A present study
at the institute is investigating ways of removing carbon dioxide emissions
by injecting it back into the ground where it came from. |
| 6 |
US Releases Dioxin Study |
THE USEPA has released
a long-stalled report that concludes dioxins can cause cancer in laboratory
animals. |
| IV. Subject Area: General Environmental
News |
| 7 |
Japan Calls for Replacement
of Official Fleets with Low-Emission Vehicles |
The Japanese government will replace
all its official automobile fleets with low-emission vehicles. The replacement
of the official automobile fleets will be staggered over a period of time. |
| 8 |
Polish Farms on Track
to End Use of Methyl Bromide as Fumigant by 2005 |
Poland will end the use of methyl
bromide by 2005 as part of its commitment to the 1997 Montreal Protocol
on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Alternative pest management
strategies such as crop rotation are already being practiced in Poland. |
| 9 |
Fluoridation and Arsenic:
The Hidden Public Health Hazards |
The presence of trace amount of
arsenic as impurity in the chemical agent used for drinking water fluoridation
treatment would pose a public health hazard. Studies have discovered that
low concentrations of arsenic in the drinking water can cause prostate,
skin, bladder, kidney, liver and lung cancers. |
| 10 |
Lots of Finger-Pointing
over Mercury in Cars |
California and Oregon are to introduce
new bills to require auto dismantlers to remove mercury switches before
cars could be crushed and melted down for steel recovery. The auto dismantlers
claim that the automakers produced the cars with mercury switches and profited
from it. It defies logic that the automakers now want to deny any responsibility
and put the onus on auto dismantlers. |
| S/N |
Title |
Synopsis |
| I. Subject Area: Environmental
Policy and Regulation |
| 1 |
EU to force biofuels into petrol |
The European Commission
is currently working on a set of proposals to require oil refineries to
have a percentage of "bio" fuel in their petrol, to reduce the carbon dioxide
emissions. |
| 21 |
SUS signs toxic chemical bansenators
want more renewable fuels in gasolinewitzerland bans creosote-treated wood |
The Swiss government
has imposed a regulation to allow a maximum allowable content of benzopyrene
at 50 parts per million (ppm) and soluble phenols at 3% by weight in treated
wood products, which leads to the ban in creosote oil as a wood protector.
The US signed a global treaty that banned the production and use of 12
persistent organic pollutants or POPs on 25 May 2001In a move to help reduce
US dependence on foreign oil imports, legislation was introduced in the
Senate that would require gasoline to contain a small portion of renewable
fuelsUS joined 127 other countries in Stockholm for a two-day conference
to adopt and sign a pact on persistent organic pollutants or POPs. |
| II. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology |
| 343 |
Techniques makes plastics
stronger, more environmentally friendlyPlastic products that do notn't
cost the earth |
A professor
has discovered that by vibrating the feed containing up to 50% of recycled
plastics in the manufacturing process, stronger plastic productss containing
up to 50% of recyclable content can be producedA United Kingdom company,
Environmental Polymers, produces a biodegradable and water-soluble plastic. |
| 454 |
Lithium silicate
devices could be used as cCarbon dioxide absorption devices in futureClean
Catâ diesel catalyst outperforms OEM diesel
catalyst combat global warming |
Toshiba
Corp and Toshiba Ceramics Co Ltd say that they have jointly developed a
lithium silicate that surpasses other ceramics in the speed at which it
absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2)Environmental Solutions Worldwide
(ESW) announced that the company has completed a test program designed
to demonstrate the effectiveness of its Clean Catâ
diesel catalytic particulate reactor. |
| 5 |
Group promotes use of Dimethyl-ether
(DME) as clean fuel source for future needs |
The International
Energy Agency (IEA) whose ongoing work on advanced motor fuels, promotes
the use of Dimethyl-ether (DME) as a clean fuel source for future needs. |
| 675 |
Nokia hopes for biodegradable
phones in few yearsScientists monitor global air pollution from space |
Nokia is currently
developing a suitable biodegradable material for its handphones to abate
the problem of increasing handcellphone waste.A new earth orbitingearth-orbiting
monitor is providing the most complete view assembled to date of the world's
air pollution as it churns through the atmosphere, crossing continents
and oceansto date. |
| III. Subject Area: Environmental
Pollution and Health |
| 876 |
Company has bioremedy Bioremedy
for MTBE contaminationHeart attack risk seen in tiny pollution particles |
A US company has developed
a technology called BioRemedy that uses microbes to break down MTBEA study
has found that exposure for as little as two hours to elevated levels of
fine particulate air pollution raises the likelihood of a heart attack.
A company in Houston (USA), has developed a technology which uses microbes
to break MTBE in subsurface. |
| 1087 |
EPA adopts rule to cut haze in
national parksRegulatory standards were insufficient to prevent biological
effects |
Belgian studyThe Bush
administration will not challenge a proposal approved in the last days
of the Clinton presidency to clean up hazy skies over national parks and
wilderness areasThe USEPA is requiring old industrial facilities to be
retrofitted with new pollution-control technology suggested that dioxin
ingestion by children who lived near waste incinerators might have affected
development of their sexual organs. |
| IV. Subject Area: General Environmental
News |
| 910 |
New York takes action on greenhouse
gases, emissions, energy efficiency |
New York's Governor
George E. Pataki has announced that the state would be using an array of
initiatives to tackle emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutive
gases to the atmosphere |
| 101 |
EU sustainable development strategy
adopted |
European leaders have
adopted the bloc's first ever sustainable development strategy at their
summit meeting in Gothenburg whichGothenburg, which would be reviewed at
every spring summit from now on, starting next year. |
|
S/N
|
Title
|
Synopsis
|
| I. Subject Area: Environmental
Policy and Regulation |
|
11
|
Austria wants energy importers
to disclose sourceEU to force biofuels into petrol |
Austria would be requiring
importers of electricity to declare the proportion of the electricity from
renewable sources and from dirty sources such as coal. The European Commission
is currently working on a set of proposals to require oil refineries to
have a percentage of "bio" fuel in their petrol, to reduce the carbon dioxide
emissions. |
|
221
|
Legislation on school pesticidesSUS
signs toxic chemical bansenators want more renewable fuels in gasolinewitzerland
bans creosote-treated wood |
The United States
would be requiring public schools nationwide to notify parents about the
use of pesticides in schools.The Swiss government has imposed a regulation
to allow a maximum allowable content of benzopyrene at 50 parts per million
(ppm) and soluble phenols at 3% by weight in treated wood products, which
leads to the ban in creosote oil as a wood protector. The US signed a global
treaty that banned the production and use of 12 persistent organic pollutants
or POPs on 25 May 2001In a move to help reduce US dependence on foreign
oil imports, legislation was introduced in the Senate that would require
gasoline to contain a small portion of renewable fuelsUS joined 127 other
countries in Stockholm for a two-day conference to adopt and sign a pact
on persistent organic pollutants or POPs. |
| II. Subject Area: Environmental
Technology |
|
3343
|
Burning now an option
to clean up ocean oil spills previously thought to be incombustible.Techniques
makes plastics stronger, more environmentally friendlyPlastic products
that do notn't cost the earth |
US researchers
found that some open water oil spills could be cleaned up via burning.
A professor has discovered that by vibrating the feed containing up to
50% of recycled plastics in the manufacturing process, stronger plastic
productss containing up to 50% of recyclable content can be producedA United
Kingdom company, Environmental Polymers, produces a biodegradable and water-soluble
plastic. |
|
4
|
Furnace that is designed to melt
river sediments into glass |
A US company designed
a ceramic-lined furnace that could melt river sediments contaminated by
PCBs into glass. |
| III. Subject Area: Environmental
Pollution and Health |
|
5876
|
Study shows environmental contaminant
affects human growthCompany has bioremedy Bioremedy for MTBE contaminationHeart
attack risk seen in tiny pollution particles |
A US study showed
that an environmental contaminant,
dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene, that was routinely used as pesticide
might affect the growth of girls.A US company has developed a technology
called BioRemedy that uses microbes to break down MTBEA study has found
that exposure for as little as two hours to elevated levels of fine particulate
air pollution raises the likelihood of a heart attack. A company in Houston
(USA), has developed a technology which uses microbes to break MTBE in
subsurface. |
|
6
|
Refrigerator disposal releases
ozone-depleting chemicals |
Danish researchers
found that substantial amount of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
were being released into the atmosphere when the foam insulation from junked
refrigerators were shredded. |
| IV. Subject Area: General Environmental
News |
|
7
|
Reducing certain types
of air pollution not always a straightforward matter |
A team of Penn State
meteorologists found that a reduction of primary air pollutants does not
always reduce the amount of air pollution. |
|
8
|
Norwegian sea proposed
as storage site for carbon dioxide |
Norwegian researchers
found that the Norwegian Sea could provide safe and long term storage of
carbon dioxide produced from offshore oil and gas fields. |
|
9
|
New South Wales introduced
a new waste package |
New South Wales introduced
a new waste package that would result in greater incentives for industry
to divert waste from landfill, a continuous decline in waste generated
and an increase in the recovery of resources from waste. |
|
10
|
World's first guidelines
set for safe disposal of obsolete ships |
International experts
on hazardous waste and shipping issued a final set of international guidelines
for the safe disposal of obsolete ships for adoption by parties to the
Basel Convention. |
|
11
|
US fuel rules may
cause more pollution |
A government study
for the US Congress found that the programme designed to encourage automakers
to make vehicles which could operate with a mixture of gasoline and alternative
fuels might have increased the demand for gasoline and worsened environmental
damage. |