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541.Let’s save Carpathians from construction of mini hydro the power plants (2017-01-27)
... Press-announcement (Press-conference and action in Lviv) The press-conference devoted to the problem of massive construction of mini hydro power plants in the Carpathian region will be held in Lviv on March 14, 2012 at 12.15 in the premises of Press-club (Taras Shevchenko Ave. 11, Lviv). What awaits the Carpathian nature in case the planned network... ...
542.LET’S SAVE THE CARPATHIANS FROM CONSTRUCTION OF MINI HYDRO POWER PLANTS! (2017-01-27)
... There is information from official sources about plans of construction of 550 mini hydro power plants in the Carpathians. For example, it has been planned to construct 330 mini hydro power plants in Zakarpattia region for implementation of the Program of complex usage of water resources of Zakarpattia region, in Ivano-Frankivsk – according to different... ...
543.Lviv city council ignores court hearings on Hrybovychi landfill (2017-01-25)
... EPL appealed to the Halytskyi District Court of Lviv with a suit challenging actions of Lviv city council related to the operation of Hrybovychi landfill. However, representatives of Lviv City Council failed to attend two consecutive court hearings, in this way procrastinating consideration of the case. Back in October 2016, EPL filed a lawsuit with... ...
544.And once again about waste … (2017-01-25)
... 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... ...
545.The last chance for Ukraine to save face in the context of the Aarhus Convention (2017-01-25)
... On January 23, 2017, Christian Friis Bach – Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe addressed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mr. Klimkin with a letter on the findings of the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention on Ukraine’s implementation of decisions V/9m of the Meeting of the Parties regarding... ...
546.Why shouldn’t Prince Charles speak out on climate change? The science is clear Tony Juniper (2017-01-24)
... Ladybird books will this week publish a new title on climate change. Co-authored by the Prince of Wales, the polar scientist Emily Shuckburgh and myself, the book is intended as a plain English guide to the subject for an adult readership. Short, peer-reviewed text sits alongside beautiful new paintings by Ruth Palmer to illustrate the... ...
547.We are destroying rainforests so quickly they may be gone in 100 years John Vidal (2017-01-24)
... If you want to see the world’s climate changing, fly over a tropical country. Thirty years ago, a wide belt of rainforest circled the earth, covering much of Latin America, south-east Asia and Africa. Today, it is being rapidly replaced by great swathes of palm oil trees and rubber plantations, land cleared for cattle grazing,... ...
548.60mph speed limit for M1 under consideration to combat air pollution (2017-01-24)
... Highways England plans to introduce Britain’s first pollution-linked speed limits to help reduce smog over Sheffield The M1 plan coincides with proposals for a £106m ‘smart motorway’ due to launch in March. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA A proposal to impose Britain’s first pollution-linked speed limits in order to help ease smog over Sheffield is being considered... ...
549.Why is the Ministry of Environment responsible for the massiveness of forest logging and how to prevent it? (2017-01-23)
... According to the Forest Code of Ukraine, allowable forest cutting norm is “scientifically based annual norm of logging approved for every owner, permanent forest user by groups of species, based on the principles of continuity and non-exhaustion of forest resources use.” These forest cutting norms are defined by appraisers (PA “Ukrderzhlisproekt) and are approved by... ...
550.Heat from earth’s core could be underlying force in plate tectonics (2017-01-19)
... For decades, scientists have theorized that the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates is driven largely by negative buoyancy created as they cool. New research, however, shows plate dynamics are driven significantly by the additional force of heat drawn from the Earth’s core. The new findings also challenge the theory that underwater mountain ranges known as... ...
