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501.Pig farms as top-secret facilities (2017-02-23)

( EPL: Events and Announcements )

... 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.... ...

502.The authorities of the village where deforestation rate is the highest in Kyiv oblast protest against creation of a national park (2017-02-23)

( EPL: Events and Announcements )

... 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... ...

503.South Australian blackout blamed on thermal and wind generator failures, plus high demand (2017-02-15)

( Environmental news )

... 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:... ...

504.The fight of opinions regarding the law on strategic environmental assessment (2017-02-13)

( EPL: Events and Announcements )

... 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... ...

505.International institutions unanimously urge Ukraine to adopt the law on environmental impact assessment vetoed by the President of Ukraine (2017-02-13)

( EPL: Events and Announcements )

... 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... ...

506.GUTA ХI (2017-02-12)

( Людина/Conferences/GUTA )

... “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... ...

507.GUTA Х (2017-02-11)

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508.GUTA IX (2017-02-10)

( Людина/Conferences/GUTA )

... Topics of discussions, issues and presentations National law developments in the region. Identifying more environmental lawyers in the region. Discussion on recent cases in the region (incl. trans-boundary). International law developments – Aarhus Convention (Compliance Committee, working groups, and various meetings), other conventions. Regional projects, cooperation. New publications, and NGO funding. Administrative issues.   List... ...

509.Gas hydrate breakdown unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release (2017-02-10)

( Environmental news )

... Gas hydrate (white, ice-like material) under authigenic carbonate rock that is encrusted with deep-sea chemosynthetic mussels and other organisms on the seafloor of the northern Gulf of Mexico at 966 m (~3170 ft) water depth. Although gas hydrate that forms on the seafloor is not an important component of the global gas hydrate inventory, deposits... ...

510.GUTA VIII (2017-02-09)

( Людина/Conferences/GUTA )

... Topics of discussions, issues and presentations Opening: Svitlana Kravchenko and Dmytro Skrlynikov, Co-Directors of the Association Welcome and Practical information from conference hosts ( Magda Toth Nagy , Stephen Stec , Marianna Bolshakova, Sandor Fulop) International and Regional Issues (Plenary Presentations) Latest Developments under Aarhus (Magdi Toth Nagy) First Meeting of the Parties GMO: Best... ...

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