In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
The EU has taken a major step towards implementing its emissions trading scheme (ETS), scheduled to begin in January 2005. On October 20, 2004, the European Commission (EC), the EU executive, gave a green signal to eight national allocation plans (NAPs) for regulating industrial emission of carbon dioxide. While the …
state governments across the country have missed the October 1, 2004, deadline to implement the new in-use emission norms for vehicles, better known as the pollution under control (puc) certificate programme. The Delhi government has extended the deadline by one month and the West Bengal government by one-and-a-half months. The …
The European Commission has traversed an important milestone towards emissions trading by approving eight national allocation plans for carbon dioxide emission allowances. While the plans of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden were cleared without any alterations, those of Austria, Germany and the UK were approved subject to some …
The uk's Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has been insisting that the issue of climate change is "very, very critical', and environment secretary Margaret Beckett claims that the country is a world leader in reducing emissions. Official statistics would, however, have told a different story had it not been for some …
the European Commission (EC) has decided to initiate legal action against six member countries which have not submitted their National Allocation Plans on carbon dioxide emissions. The deadline for the submission of these plans was March 31, 2004. These country-specific plans, allocating emission limits to domestic companies, are a step …
April 23 marked the end of the 300-year-old coal mining industry in France. On that day, the last symbolic block of coal was extracted from the La Houve mine near the town of Creutzwald, abutting the German border. The closure was not abrupt; over the years, several west European coalmines …
A bill to restrict emissions of the greenhouse gas (ghg) carbon dioxide is under consideration in the us House of Representatives. The proposed Climate Stewardship Act, endorsed by both Republicans and Democrats, seeks to limit ghg emissions from the energy, manufacturing and transport sectors. It is the first time such …
us chemists have found a way to promote soil's natural ability to soak up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. As per the findings of James E Amonette and his co-researchers from the us department of energy, maintaining a proper alkalinity level plus frequent watering can coax the soil to retain …
A bumpy ride lies ahead for eu emissions trading as only Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Ireland have managed to meet the March 31 deadline for submitting the industry's national allocation plans (naps) to the European Commission. Countries such as France, Italy, Spain and Belgium have not initiated the process …
the eu is dangling the carrot of the World Trade Organisation's (wto) membership to persuade Russia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. "There are signs of a political link between finalising the wto negotiations and Russia's ratification of the pact,' said G
india is leading the race to get projects from industrialised countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (ghgs). According to the latest statistics, India is hosting 11 out of the total 59 projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (cdm) of the Kyoto Protocol. Brazil, with 10 projects, is second. The …
the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) has kickstarted the cleanup drive for highway motorcycles by revising their emission standards after two and a half decades. The new norms, which are more stringent, were notified on December 23 and will come into effect in 2006. When implemented fully, they are estimated …
Hyundai As per the auto fuel policy released this year, vehicles running in cities must meet Euro iii emission norms, apparently very stringent, by April 1, 2005. "Apparently', because vehicle manufacturers say their products are already up to the Euro iii mark. So blared a full-page ad in The Hindu …
a new report will help people take informed decisions about investing in the automobile sector. It includes details of how efforts to restrict greenhouse gas emissions will affect the profits of 10 leading automobile companies between 2003 and 2015. Toyota is said to be most prepared to face the emerging …
the quantity of pollutants belched into the atmosphere by shipping activities worldwide could be double than what was earlier estimated. This is the finding of an analysis conducted by James Corbett of the University of Delaware, usa, and Horst K
Nine years since the North America Free Trade Agreement (nafta) was created, the environmental impacts of trade liberalisation in the region remain uncertain. It is clear, however, that neither the dire environmental fears predicted nor the direct improvements in environmental performance, stemming from higher income, have generally materialised. Between 1995 …
The earth is hotter than it has been in the past 2000 years and the largest ice shelf in the Artic has broken into two after having existed for 3000 years. But all that Russia does is procrastinate over endorsing the Kyoto Protocol
