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EU Moves to Restrict Hormone-Disrupting Chemical Found in Plastics
A chemical found in CDs, DVDs, kettles and water bottles could soon be restricted after the EU authorities ruled that it posed a threat to human health because of its effects on hormones. The European chemicals agency (Echa) voted unanimously…
California & China to Cooperate on Carbon Emissions Reduction
California governor Jerry Brown is in China this week. He will be the keynote speaker at the Under2 Clean Energy Forum in Beijing on June 7. That event will bring together leaders from 170 countries, states, and cities to devise…
ALEKSANDAR JOVOVIC: The Key Problem Is the Situation in the Society and in Public
Our interlocutor is Aleksandar Jovovic, a full professor at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The focus in research and scientific work of the Professor Jovovic is process engineering and the environmental protection. He is a full member…
Paris Pollution Victim Sues France for Bad Air
A Parisian woman is taking the French state to court for failing to protect her health from the effects of air pollution. Clotilde Nonnez, a 56-year-old yoga teacher, says she has lived in the capital for 30 years and seen…
Black Sea Is Damaged by Human Activity, the Environmental Research Reveals
Findings of the Black Sea Monitoring Surveys, carried out by the team of Georgian, Ukrainian and European researchers with assistance from the European Union (EU) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), were presented in Tbilisi on May 23, 2017. The…
Tiny Air Quality Monitors Are Helping Air Pollution Tracking Go Public (PHOTO) (VIDEO)
Last summer, about a dozen high school and college students fanned out across the South Bronx and Brooklyn into four neighborhoods heavily trafficked by waste-hauling trucks. They counted the trucks and used special wearable monitors to test air quality. Not…
EU Transport Emissions Ticked Up in 2015
Greenhouse gas emissions from transport across the EU grew by 0.5 per cent in 2015, bucking a five year downward trend, latest statistics reveal. European Environment Agency (EEA) figures published yesterday suggest the rise in emissions was largely driven by…