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501.The closure of the Climate Institute comes just as we’re building consensus on action (2017-03-09)
... On 30 June, after almost 12 years – seven more than originally planned – the Climate Institute will close its doors. As its CEO for the last decade, this has given me pause to reflect on this rollercoaster ride through the bumpy minefield that is Australian climate and energy politics. Where have we been as... ...
502.Access to reporting on water use (form 2-tp water management). (2017-03-03)
... Case: Access to reporting on water use according to the form 2-tp (water management). Region: Ukraine, Mykolayiv region. Case objective: To ensure access to state reporting on water use according to the form 2- tp (water management). Parties to a case: Plaintiff – ICO «Environment-People-Law», Defendant – Mykolayiv Regional Department of Water Resources. Core of the problem: The Department... ...
503.Either waste legislation is amended today or the country will face “waste collapse” tomorrow (2017-03-03)
... On 10-11 November, Kyiv hosted International practical conference “Road map for Ukraine in the sphere of waste management and electronic governance” organized by the Embassy of Sweden to Ukraine and International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” that gathered stakeholders representing the state, waste processing business in Ukraine and European countries, the public, experts in the sphere of... ...
504.And once again about waste … (2017-03-03)
... We got to know that on January 19, 2017, Lviv City Council (LCC) held an extraordinary scandalous session and adopted the resolution “On the critical situation in the administrative territory of Lviv City Council due to the inability to remove solid waste”. Even despite the truly critical situation with the removal of solid domestic waste... ...
505.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... ...
506.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... ...
507.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... ...
508.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... ...
509.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.... ...
510.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... ...
