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2009 Feb 19 |
In Spain the mobile phone industry's biggest trade show wrapped up after four days that delivered exciting news for technophiles, average phone users and even environmentalists. During the show leading manufacturers announced an initiative to produce a standard charger that would fit all phones by 2012 in a step set to reduce waste and increase convenience. Links: Spain, Environment, Telecom 
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2009 Feb 20 |
Nigeria ordered its customs service and security and environmental agencies to clamp down on illegal imports of potentially toxic electronic waste. Links: Environment, Nigeria
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2009 Feb 20 |
Chinese authorities closed a chemical plant being investigated for contaminating water supplies to 1.5 million people in the country's east. Water supplies were restored after a five-hour shutdown. Biaoxin Chemical Company caused "massive" tap water pollution in Yancheng, a city in east Jiangsu province. Investigators identified the pollutant as a phenol compound used to make products including air fresheners, medical ointments, cosmetics and sunscreens. Links: China, Environment
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2009 Feb 26 |
The Australian government announced a multi-million dollar investment in research on reducing gas emissions from farm animals as part of the fight against global warming. Links: Australia, Environment
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2009 Feb |
Chinese authorities started using fish to try to clean up Lake Taihu when they released 10 million mostly green and silver carp into the water, after the algae tainted the drinking supply of millions of residents. In 2010 authorities planned to release 20 million more algae-eating fish into the scenic lake ravaged by pollution. Links: China, Environment
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2009 Mar 2 |
A study by Oceana, a worldwide environmental group, said food supplies for large ocean fish were dwindling due to industrial fishing to supply fish farms. An estimated 4 to 11 pounds of prey fish were being consumed to produce one pound of farmed salmon. Links: Environment, Fish
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2009 Mar 11 |
More than 30 shipping containers of ammonium nitrate fell off a ship in stormy seas off Australia, damaging the ship's hull and leaking up to 30 tons of oil [see Mar 13]. Swire Shipping's cargo liner Pacific Adventurer released about 200,000 liters (53,000 US gallons) of heavy fuel oil off the coast of Queensland state as it travelled through cyclonic weather. Australia later sought more than 18 million US dollars in compensation from a Hong Kong-based shipping company. In August the Hong Kong-based Swire Shipping company said it will pay Australia 25 million dollars (21 million US) in compensation for the oil spill. Links: Australia, Oil, Hong Kong, Environment, Lawsuit
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2009 Mar 11 |
A California state study said global warming is expected to cause a rise of nearly 5 feet along the coastline and severely threatening SF Bay by 2100. The rising waters could cost the state $14 billion of more to safeguard the coast. Links: USA, California, Environment
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2009 Mar 13 |
Dozens of popular tourist beaches on Australia's northeast coast were declared a disaster zone, with their once-pristine sands fouled by a massive oil and chemical slick. Queensland state's marine safety authority said up to 100 tons of fuel, 250,000 liters, were now believed to have spilled from the Hong Kong-flagged ship Pacific Adventurer amid cyclonic conditions on March 11. Links: Australia, Oil, Environment
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2009 Mar 13 |
Russia’s Kontinental Management said it has closed for good its Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill, located on the southern edge of Lake Baikal. It halted production in October. The plant has polluted the world's largest freshwater lake with chemical effluent for decades. Links: Russia, Environment, Siberia
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2009 Mar 19 |
A report issued by the US Interior Department said one-third of the nation's endangered birds are in Hawaii. 31 Hawaiian bird species were listed as endangered, more than anywhere else in the country. The native birds were threatened by the destruction of their habitats by invasive plant species and feral animals like pigs, goats and sheep, habitat loss and insect born diseases. The report also said energy production of all types — wind, ethanol and mountaintop coal mining — was contributing to steep drops in bird populations. Links: USA, Environment, Hawaii, Birds
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2009 Mar 25 |
China’s state media said forestry officials in far western China have resorted to scattering abortion pills near gerbil burrows in a bid to halt a rodent plague threatening the desert region's fragile ecosystem. Links: China, Environment, Pharma, Animal
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2009 Mar 25 |
The US House voted to set aside over 2 million acres in 9 states as protected wilderness. Legislators also approved a $400 million project to restore a 3-mile stretch of the San Joaquin River in central California. Links: USA, California, Environment
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2009 Mar 28 |
Sydney became the world's first major city to plunge itself into darkness for the second worldwide Earth Hour, a global campaign to highlight the threat of climate change. Links: Australia, Environment
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2009 Mar 30 |
Pres. Obama signed legislation setting aside over 2 million acres as protected wilderness. Links: USA, Environment, ObamaB
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2009 Mar |
Mexico City passed legislation to ban free non-biodegradable plastic bags. It was signed in August gave retailers a year to comply. Links: Environment, Mexico
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2009 Apr 2 |
The US Environmental Working Group issued a press release drawing attention to a study by scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which looked for the chemical, perchlorate, in different brands of powdered baby formula. The study was published last month. Links: USA, Environment, Food
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2009 Apr 10 |
In Britain 11 environmental activists from a group called Eastside Climate Action were arrested after they entered the power station and climbed onto equipment at the coal-fired Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant outside Nottingham. In 2011 a trail against 6 of the accused activists broke down after police a infiltrator prepared to give evidence on their behalf. Links: Britain, Environment
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2009 Apr 11 |
World wide fish stocks in lakes and rivers were reported to have fallen 30% since 1970. Links: Environment, Fish
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2009 Apr 17 |
The US EPA declared that greenhouse gases endanger public health paving the way for new federal regulations on pollutants. The Obama administration declared that carbon dioxide and 5 other industrial emissions threaten the planet. Links: USA, Environment
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2009 Apr 19 |
The annual Goldman Environmental Prize was awarded to 7 activists from 6 nations. Rizwana Hasan (40) of Bangladesh was awarded for exposing environmental damage and exploitative practices used in the country’s ship dismantling industry; Marc Ona Essangui (45) of Gabon, the founder of Brainforest, was awarded for exposing secret agreements for a Chinese mine project that threatened Gabon’s rain forests; Yuyun Ismawati of Indonesia was awarded for designing environmentally safe waste management systems for poor Indonesia n communities; Olga Speranskaya (46) of Eco-Accord in Russia was awarded for her efforts to control and store chemicals in Russia and former Soviet republics; Wanze Eduards (52) and Hugo Jabini (44) of Suriname, leaders of the maroon community, were awarded for their efforts that led to a landmark ruling ending tribal exploitation by the government. Maria Gunnoe (40) of West Virginia was awarded for her fight against the practice of removing of the tops of mountains and filing valleys below with tailings. Links: Bangladesh, Russia, USA, Indonesia, Environment, Suriname, West Virginia, Gabon
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2009 Apr 22 |
In Afghanistan a cascading collection of deep-blue high-mountain lakes became the country’s first provisional national park, as the violence-plagued nation took a big first step toward protecting one of its finest natural treasures. Links: Environment, Afghan
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2009 May 4 |
Australia's government put back its much-vaunted carbon-emissions trading scheme by a year, bowing to industry demands for more relief amid a recession while opening the door to an even deeper long-term reduction. Links: Australia, Environment
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2009 May 4 |
California’s State Water Resources Control board released a study that said only 21 of 152 lakes studied were free of mercury and other contaminants. 131 lakes showed one or more pollutants above state health guidelines. Links: California, Environment
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2009 May 8 |
In Ireland Dr. Yuri Melini (47), a leading Guatemalan environmentalist who recently survived an assassination attempt, won a human rights award for his efforts to stop the rapid growth of mines in his mineral-rich nation. Melini received the annual Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk in a Dublin City Hall ceremony. Links: Guatemala, Environment, Ireland
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2009 May 9 |
UN officials said a UN-sponsored treaty to combat highly dangerous chemicals has been expanded beyond the original "dirty dozen" to include nine more substances that are used in pesticides, flame retardants and other products. Links: Environment, UN
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2009 May 14 |
In Spain a new study said the air in Madrid and Barcelona is laced with at least five drugs, including trace amounts of amphetamines, opiates, cannabinoids and lysergic acid, a relative of LSD. The tests were done in areas where drugs were likely to be consumed. Links: Spain, Environment, Drugs
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2009 May 15 |
In Indonesia 6 Asia-Pacific countries, meeting at the World Oceans Conference, agreed on a management plan to protect one of the world's largest networks of coral reefs, promising to reduce pollution, eliminate overfishing and improve the livelihoods of impoverished coastal communities. The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security covered an area defined as the Coral Triangle, which spans Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and East Timor. Links: Indonesia, Philippines, Environment, Malawi, Solomons, Fish, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste
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2009 May 15 |
In Hong Kong 63 governments approved the Int’l. Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. It aimed to make the business of scrapping ships safer and greener by requiring higher standards at recycling yards mostly located in South Asia. 107 environmental rights groups complained that the UN accord, doesn’t go far enough. Links: Hong Kong, Environment, Ship
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2009 May 19 |
Environmental groups in Indonesia said Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper, one of the world's largest paper companies, plans to clear a large swath of unprotected forest in Indonesia being used as a sanctuary for critically endangered orangutans. Links: Indonesia, Environment, Singapore, Primates
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2009 May 26 |
In Denmark business leaders attending the World Business Summit on Climate Change urged governments to order steep and mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases, favoring a cap-and-trade system instead of a tax to set a market price for carbon waste. Links: Environment, Denmark
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2009 Jun 4 |
British naturalist Sir David Attenborough won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias social sciences prize for his "great contributions to the defense of life and conservation of our planet." Links: Spain, Britain, Environment
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2009 Jun 6 |
In East St. Louis, Ill., the 34-acre Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park opened. It was named after Malcolm W. Martin (d.2004 at 91), the lawyer who formed a non-profit group in 1968 to raise money to protect the tract from developers. Links: USA, Environment, Illinois
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2009 Jun 8 |
The first World Oceans Day was celebrated. The UN General Assembly passed a resolution on Dec 5, 2008, declaring that as of 2009, June 8th would be recognized as World Oceans Day. Links: Environment, UN
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2009 Jun 17 |
The Obama administration said it will pump more than $130 million into the , Montana towns of Libby and Troy, where asbestos contamination has been blamed for more than 200 deaths. Links: USA, Environment, Montana
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2009 Jun 18 |
A study by an environmental group said pollution in the Mekong River is putting the rare Irrawaddy dolphin in danger of disappearing from Cambodia and Laos. Links: Cambodia, Environment, Laos
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2009 Jun 22 |
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow a mining company to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acre lake, although the material will kill all of the lake's fish. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called the decision "great news for Alaska" and said it "is a green light for responsible resource development." The Kensington gold mine 45 miles north of Juneau will produce as many as 370 jobs when it begins operation. Links: USA, Environment, Alaska, Supreme Court
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2009 Jun 25 |
The EU said it will give China up to euro50 million ($70 million) to build a carbon capture and storage plant that will test a technology aimed at limiting climate change. Links: China, EU, Environment
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2009 Jun 30 |
Indonesia committed to the conservation of its dwindling tropical forests in a multimillion dollar debt-swap deal signed with the American government. Jakarta's payments to Washington will be reduced by $30 million over the next eight years under the US Tropical Forest Conservation Act. Links: USA, Indonesia, Environment
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2009 Jun |
Sludge containing PCBs, released into the Hudson River between 1946-1977 by 2 General Electric plants, began to be shipped for disposal to West Texas. The sludge along 197 miles had been declared a Superfund site. Cleanup of the Hudson River began in 2009 at an estimated cost of $750 million, to be paid by GE. Links: USA, Environment, New York, Texas
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2009 Jul 8 |
Australian residents of rural Bundanoon, hoping to protect the earth and their wallets, voted to ban the sale of bottled water, the first community in the country, and possibly the world, to take such a drastic step in the growing backlash against the industry. Links: Australia, Environment
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2009 Jul 9 |
In Italy the G8 opened their summit to include the G5, which made their fifth straight appearance at the annual summit, albeit as guests, to discuss climate change, development aid, global economic growth and international trade. Links: Italy, Environment, G8, G5
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2009 Jul 15 |
In Turkmenistan President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov led a ceremony for channeling water across hundreds of miles to create Golden Age Lake in the heart of the barren Karakum Desert, in a Soviet-style engineering feat that some experts fear could unleash an environmental catastrophe. Links: Environment, Turkmenistan
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2009 Jul 17 |
The UN said an international accord requiring governments to publicly identify sites of environmental pollution will come into force on Oct. 8. Links: Environment, UN
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2009 Jul 28 |
A court in southwest China accepted the country's first lawsuit filed by an environmental group against a local government. The All-China Environmental Federation had filed the suit on behalf of residents against the local land resources bureau in Qingzhen city in Guizhou province, which sold land to a drink and ice cream processing plant they allege is a threat to a scenic lake area. Links: China, Environment, Lawsuit
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2009 Jul 29 |
China’s state media reported that contaminated drinking water has sickened more than 2,600 people in northern China, including 59 who were hospitalized with fevers, diarrhea, stomach aches and vomiting. Links: China, Environment, Medical
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2009 Jul 30 |
In China nearly a thousand villagers gathered at government and police offices in Zhentou township in Hunan province to highlight what they say is deadly pollution being discharged from the Xianghe Chemical Factory in nearby Liuyang city. Links: China, Environment, Mad Crowd
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2009 Jul |
California’s Air Resources Board adopted a 24-mile threshold for ships bound for state ports to begin using low sulfur fuel. Links: USA, California, Environment
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2009 Aug 1 |
Chinese police detained the head of the Xianghe Chemical Factory and the government suspended the chief and deputy chief of the city's environment protection bureau. Links: China, Environment
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2009 Aug 3 |
China’s state media reported that more than 500 villagers in central China have been found to have high concentrations of a dangerous metal in their bodies after a series of leaks from the Changsha Xianghe Chemical Plant in Hunan province's Zhentou township. 509 people were found to have high concentrations of cadmium and 33 were hospitalized over the weekend. Links: China, Environment
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2009 Aug 7 |
The US Environmental Protection Agency said the US Department of Agriculture has agreed to pay $30,000 in penalties for alleged improper maintenance of underground storage tanks in Puerto Rico. Links: USA, Environment, Puerto Rico
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2009 Aug 8 |
In China hundreds of villagers rioted after news broke about the lead poisoning at the Wugang Manganese Smelting Plant in Wenping township, central Hunan province. A crowd of 600 to 700 people overturned four police cars and smashed a local government sign. China later detained two factory officials after 1,354 children were reported poisoned by lead pollution from the manganese processing plant. Links: China, Environment, Mad Crowd
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2009 Aug 10 |
New Zealand announced that it will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 10 to 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. Links: Environment, New Zealand
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2009 Aug 12 |
China’s state media reported that authorities in northern China have shut down the Dongling Lead and Zinc Smelting Co. in Shaanxi province after it was found to have caused lead poisoning that sickened more than 300 children. Media later reported that 851 children in Changqing township had tested positive for lead poisoning. Links: China, Environment, Kids
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2009 Aug 17 |
In Russia powerful explosion took place during repair work at the Sayano-Shushinskaya hydroelectric plant in southern Siberia. The death toll soon reached 69 with 6 still missing and feared dead after an engine room was suddenly flooded. The accident produced an oil spill and the slick that floated down the Yenisei River. Links: Russia, Environment, Tragedy
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2009 Aug 20 |
Australia passed a clean energy law requiring the country to produce 20 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2020 in move that could draw billions of dollars of green investment. Links: Australia, Environment
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2009 Aug 20 |
A French government-sponsored report was released saying that decomposing algae covering some beaches in Brittany represent a serious health risk and gases that can kill within minutes were detected on a beach where a horse died last month. Links: France, Environment
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2009 Aug 21 |
A massive oil and gas leak forced the evacuation of an oil rig off Australia's northwest coast. PTTEP Australasia, a branch of Thai-owned PTT Exploration and Production Co. Ltd., said about 40 barrels of oil had been discharged in the initial incident, and it was still attempting to bring the leak under control at the rig, owned by Norway's Seadrill. After 2 days PTTEP said plugging the leak will take weeks. Government officials said there was little threat of environmental damage. By the end of October an estimated 400 barrels a day of oil continued leaking from the fissure off the Australian coast. PTTEP Australasia has failed repeatedly to stop the leak but said it is still trying. Links: Australia, Oil, Environment
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2009 Aug 22 |
The EU published a list of nearly 4,000 airlines that it says should reduce their impact on the environment from 2012 or face being banned from European airports. Links: EU, Environment, Aviation
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2009 Aug 31 |
The European Commission said an EU-wide transition of power-draining light bulbs to more energy efficient ones will start Aug 1. The new rules follow an agreement reached by the 27 EU governments last year to phase out the traditional incandescent light bulb over three years starting this year to help European countries lower greenhouse gas emissions. Links: EU, Environment
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