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Supreme Court to rule on illegal pollution levels

2015-04-12 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: A Supreme Court ruling this week could finally force the Government to drastically speed up its plans to deal with dangerous levels of air pollution, as a long-running battle over illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide comes to a head. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been fighting a rear-guard action in the courts since 2011 over the Governments failure to meet EU targets for lowering nitrogen dioxide levels. In November, the case reached the European Court of Justice,...

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Head London-listed company linked illegal clearing of Peru rainforest

2015-04-07 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The CEO of a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, that aims to become the worlds largest producer of cocoa, is responsible for illegally clearing swathes of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon, according to a report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The website for the Cayman Islands-based company, United Cacao, implies the company could be a force for positive change in the chocolate business, mostly produced in West Africa, stating that it seeks to provide a clear path...

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Aceh's purge of illegal oil palm at 3,000 hectares and counting

2015-04-06 14:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: A joint effort to eradicate illegal oil palm in an area of Indonesia's Aceh province that was devastated by flash flooding in 2006 has dismantled 3,000 hectares worth of plantations and counting. The plantations lie within the protected Leuser Ecosystem (KEL), the last place on earth where the Sumatran rhino, elephant, tiger and orangutan coexist in the wild. "This is being done to protect the people of Aceh Tamiang from ecological disaster," said Rudi Putra, head of HAkA, a local NGO. In...

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Philippines to landfill Canadas illegal 2013 waste shipment

2015-03-31 21:33:53| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines

Although reports have surfaced categorizing the waste in the containers as toxic, the Philippine government says the containers consist of mixed scrap plastic and household waste The post Philippines to landfill Canada’s illegal 2013 waste shipment appeared first on Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine.

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