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1191.World’s largest cave in Vietnam threatened by cable car (2014-12-04)
... Vietnamese are protesting plans to build a cable car through remote Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park that could carry 1,000 visitors an hour to Son Doong cave ...
1192.Bank of England investigating risk of ‘carbon bubble’ (2014-12-02)
... The Bank of England is to conduct an enquiry into the risk of fossil fuel companies causing a major economic crash if future climate change rules render their coal, oil and gas assets worthless. The concept of a “carbon bubble” has gained rapid recognition since 2013, and is being taken increasingly seriously by some major... ...
1193.Lima climate talks: EU and US at odds over legally binding emissions targets (2014-12-02)
... The European Union (EU)’s delegation at the climate change conference in Lima has argued that legally binding cuts applying to all countries are necessary and should be adopted by 2015 and entered into force by 2020. “The EU is of the mind that legally binding mitigation targets are the only way to provide the necessary... ...
1194.EPL experts: the damage caused to the environment of eastern Ukraine can be calculated using economic methods (2014-12-01)
... Despite the fact that there are a number of important legal tools for environmental protection, environment continues to be a silent victim of military conflicts in the whole world2. Since 1999, the UN Environmental Program has conducted more than twenty post-conflict assessments of environment determining the main influence of the war. «Having analyzed reports of... ...
1195.A new case regarding Ukraine initiated by EPL in the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention (2014-12-01)
... Press-release Having exhausted all national tools of judicial protection, at the end of November 2014 International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (hereinafter EPL) submitted a communication on Ukraine to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee. The communication covers alleged violations by Ukraine of its international obligations within the Aarhus Convention during development and conclusion of agreements on hydrocarbons... ...
1196.Lima climate change talks best chance for a generation, say upbeat diplomats (2014-12-01)
... UN climate negotiations opening in Lima on Monday have the best chance in a generation of striking a deal on global warming, diplomats say. After a 20-year standoff, diplomats and longtime observers of the talks say there is rising optimism that negotiators will be able to secure a deal that will commit all countries to... ...
1197.Cycling fashion: Mountain bikers get their own brand of chic (2014-12-01)
... While haute couture and cycling are certainly not strangers – check out Paul Smith’s recently launched range of road cycling kit – mountain biking is usually the neglected cousin. But a Scottish knitwear designer who caught the MTB bug three years ago is aiming to change all that. Alex Feechan has designed for Chanel, Calvin... ...
1198.EPL experts visited protected areas affected by the ATO (2014-11-29)
... International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” organized examination of the most valuable protected areas of Donetsk region affected by military actions. The examination was conducted in the national natural park “Sviati hory”, the regional landscape park “Slovianskyi kurort” and the natural reserve “Kreydiana flora” located on the outskirts of Sloviansk town. The experts examined the scale of... ...
1199.We call for environmental protection for the sake of life (2014-11-27)
... On 21 September 2014, International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) and Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) at the international symposium “Human Rights and Environment in a New Ukraine” held in Lviv urged the world community of environmental lawyers to make efforts to stop military aggression in eastern Ukraine and stop devastation of environment in the zone... ...
1200.EU takes legal action against controversial French dam (2014-11-27)
... France has two months to justify ‘environmental deterioration’ involved in the Sivens dam project. The European commission has sent France a final notice to explain how it can reconcile EU environmental law with a proposed dam project that sparked riots, which claimed a protester’s life last month. Rémi Fraisse, a 21-year-old student, died after being... ...
