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501.Conditions right for complex life may have come and gone in Earth’s distant past (2017-01-18)

( Environmental news )

... This is a 1.9-billion-year-old stromatolite — or mound made by microbes that lived in shallow water — called the Gunflint Formation in northern Minnesota. ...

502.Severe flood warnings mean ‘threat to life’, warns Environment Agency (2017-01-18)

( Environmental news )

... The severe warnings in place along the east coast of England need to be taken seriously, the Environment Agency has warned. The BBC spoke to Lisa Pinney from the Environment Agency, who has been assisting residents in Jaywick, Essex, affected by possible floods. ...

503.EU proposes to halve food waste in Europe by 2030 (2017-01-18)

( Environmental news )

... The initiative, which would apply to the UK if passed, would wipe out 44m tonnes of food waste every year ...

504.British Antarctic station to shut down for winter due to crack in ice (2017-01-17)

( Environmental news )

... Halley VI station moved to safer location but staff to be brought home during southern winter as ‘prudent precaution’ ...

505.Chinese discard hundreds of cycles-for-hire in giant piles (2017-01-17)

( Environmental news )

... It was hoped bike-hire schemes would cut pollution and congestion but it seems some users just want to ride and dump ...

506.Parts of United States are heating faster than globe as a whole (2017-01-17)

( Environmental news )

... A new study shows the Northeast USA will reach the dangerous 2°C warming threshold faster than most of the rest of the planet ...

507.Why does Ukraine pay owners of small hydro power plants more than Poland? (2017-01-15)

( EPL: Events and Announcements )

... EPL has repeatedly emphasized that small hydro power plants are not the tools of ensuring energy independence of Ukraine but are the business that ruins the environment. Another proof of this fact is the information released by the State enterprise “Enerhorynok” regarding the structure and amounts of functioning of energy market in 2016. Thus, small... ...

508.Why does Ukraine pay owners of small hydro power plants more than Poland? (2017-01-15)

( Екологія/Building of hydropower stations/EPL research )

... EPL has repeatedly emphasized that small hydro power plants are not the tools of ensuring energy independence of Ukraine but are the business that ruins the environment. Another proof of this fact is the information released by the State enterprise “Enerhorynok” regarding the structure and amounts of functioning of energy market in 2016. Thus, small... ...

509.In Ukraine, there will be noone to create protected areas (2017-01-13)

( EPL: Events and Announcements )

... Despite the fact that the expansion of protected areas is stipulated by the Strategy of Regional Development of Ukraine, in 2016 only in 11 regions there were adopted decisions to establish protected areas. Another four areas expanded the network of protected areas through the work of the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine rather than departments... ...

510.In Ukraine, there will be noone to create protected areas (2017-01-13)

( Екологія/EPL research/Protection of biodiversity )

... Despite the fact that the expansion of protected areas is stipulated by the Strategy of Regional Development of Ukraine, in 2016 only in 11 regions there were adopted decisions to establish protected areas. Another four areas expanded the network of protected areas through the work of the Ministry of Environment of Ukraine rather than departments... ...

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