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451.The month of adoption of the law on environmental impact assessment (2017-03-01)
... In February 2017, two committees of multilateral environmental agreements reviewed the progress in Ukraine’s implementation of its international obligations directly related to the adoption of the law on environmental impact assessment. On 20-22 February 2017, there was held the meeting of the Implementation Committee of the Espoo Convention (the Convention on the Assessment of the... ...
452.Earth probably began with a solid shell (2017-03-01)
... The outer layer of modern Earth is a collection of interlocking rigid plates, as seen in this illustration. These plates grind together, sliding past or dipping beneath one another, giving rise to earthquakes and volcanoes. But new research suggests that plate tectonics did not begin until much later in Earth’s history. Credit: USGS Today’s Earth... ...
453.Humans sparked 84 percent of US wildfires, increased fire season over two decades (2017-03-01)
... Humans have dramatically increased the spatial and seasonal extent of wildfires across the U.S. in recent decades and ignited more than 840,000 blazes in the spring, fall and winter seasons over a 21-year period, according to new research. After analyzing two decades’ worth of U.S. government agency wildfire records spanning 1992-2012, the researchers found that... ...
454.Together against corruption (2017-02-24)
... On February 22, 2017, the Ministry of Environment hosted the working meeting regarding creation of a unified electronic system of access to information on permits, reports, inspection materials in the field of environmental protection, which is a priority anti-corruption measures of the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine for implementation of the Resolution of the Cabinet... ...
455.Pig farms as top-secret facilities (2017-02-23)
... Since autumn 2016, EPL team has been advising residents of Tlumach district of Ivano-Frankivsk region, who learned of the decision of Tlumach District Administration №109 “On approval of the detailed plan of the territory outside the settlements of Hrushkivska, Havrylyatska, Hotymyrska village councils for building farm facilities on the farming land” adopted in February 2016.... ...
456.The authorities of the village where deforestation rate is the highest in Kyiv oblast protest against creation of a national park (2017-02-23)
... V. Sereda, the village mayor of Plesetske village in Kyiv oblast, appealed to the head of the Kyiv Regional Council H. Starikov with the request to prevent the establishment of a new national park in Kyiv oblast. The creation of the national nature parks “Pryirpinnya and Chernechyi lis”1 was initiated by scholars and activists of... ...
457.South Australian blackout blamed on thermal and wind generator failures, plus high demand (2017-02-15)
... Australian Energy Market Operator report says demand was higher than forecast, wind generation lower and thermal generators unable to step in The Australian Energy Market Operator said load shedding became the only option available when it became clear a gas plant at Pelican Point was not available to respond to the surge in demand. Photograph:... ...
458.The fight of opinions regarding the law on strategic environmental assessment (2017-02-13)
... On 4 October 2016, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Strategic Environmental Assessment”. The adoption of the law was stipulated primarily by Ukraine’s international obligations within the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. According to the... ...
459.International institutions unanimously urge Ukraine to adopt the law on environmental impact assessment vetoed by the President of Ukraine (2017-02-13)
... On February 7, 2017, the Implementation Committee of the Espoo Convention (Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context) published a report of its thirty-seventh session, held on 12-14 December 2016 in Geneva. At this session, the Committee examined among other issues Ukraine’s progress in implementation of the decision on non-compliance of the state... ...
460.GUTA ХI (2017-02-12)
... “Environmental human rights: challenges and perspectives” Topics of discussions, issues and presentations Opening: Olena Kravchenko, Executive Director of EPL, Sandor Fulop, Executive Director of Guta Association, Dmytro Skrylnikov, Bureau of Environmental Investigation. Presentation of participants and their expectations. International and Regional Issues (Plenary Presentations): War and the environment: international environmental law in occupied territories environmental... ...
