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571.China tops WHO list for deadly outdoor air pollution (2016-09-27)
... More than 1 million people died from dirty air in one year, according to World Health Organisation Students wearing face masks walk across the street in a line in Jinan, in east China’s Shandong province. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images ...
572.South Africa: ‘Saving endangered species is the responsibility of everyone’ (2016-09-27)
... Edna Bomo Molewa (right), South African minister of environmental affairs, at the Paris climate change conference last year, with China’s Xie Zhenhua and India’s Prakash Javadekar. Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters Supported by Edna Bomo Molewa South African minister of environmental affairs ...
573.Ukrainians will learn and share European recycling practices (2016-09-22)
... PRESS RELEASE ...
574.Ukrainians will learn and share European recycling practices (2016-09-22)
... PRESS RELEASE On 22 September 2016, a 3-year EU-funded project has started its activities to boost the effectiveness of the waste management system of Ukraine and reduce its preoccupying impact on the environment. The project “Ukrainian civil society for European style waste management” is implemented by the International Charitable Organisation “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) in partnership with... ...
575.MEDIA INVITE (2016-09-22)
... On 22 September 2016, the EU Delegation to Ukraine in partnership with the international charitable organisation “Environment-People-Law” will hold media briefing to mark the launch of the EU-funded project “Ukrainian civil society for European style waste management”. The project aims to showcase ecologically sound alternatives to waste landfilling and accompany the Ukrainian government in its... ...
576.MEDIA INVITE (2016-09-21)
... On 22 September 2016, the EU Delegation to Ukraine in partnership with the international charitable organisation “Environment-People-Law” will hold media briefing to mark the launch of the EU-funded project “Ukrainian civil society for European style waste management”. The project aims to showcase ecologically sound alternatives to waste landfilling and accompany the Ukrainian government in its... ...
577.Environment-People-Law advocates the creation of electronic system that is an expanded version of PRTR (2016-09-19)
... Environment-People-Law advocates the creation of electronic system that is an expanded version of PRTR and will connect (1) PRTR reporting (2) other emissions monitoring, (3) data from permits and, in future, (4) EIA and (4) enforcement actions. The integrated approach will make the resulting electronic register much more useful for decision-making by government and its... ...
578.Air pollution costs trillions and holds back poor countries, says World Bank (2016-09-13)
... Study finds dirty air takes huge economic toll on poor countries and costs the world more than $5tn annually in lost work days and welfare costs Smoke billows from industrial chimney stacks in Shanxi province, northern China. The country lost nearly 10% of its GDP to air pollution in 2013. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images ...
579.UK must move now on carbon capture to save consumers billions, says report (2016-09-13)
... Kickstarting the carbon capture and storage industry with a state-backed company will deliver the clean electricity needed to meet climate targets more cheaply than Hinkley Point C, says government advisory group The UK must immediately kickstart an industry to capture and bury carbon emissions in order to save consumers billions a year from the cost... ...
580.Poltava region preserves most protected areas (2016-09-12)
... We continue presenting results of EPL studies of lost protected areas. As we reported earlier, in most regions of Ukraine we found a large number of areas and objects of natural reserve fund (NRF), which were canceled for various reasons. Instead, a pleasant exception was the Poltava region. ...
