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5276. March 6, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN Millennium Development Goal Drinking Water Target is Met, USA/Swizerland
New York/Geneva - The world has met the Millennium Development Goal target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water, well in advance of the MDG 2015 deadline... 5277. March 6, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Win a Date with History Video Contest to Find Speaker for Rio+20 Conference, Netherlands/USA
Amsterdam/New York - The TckTckTck campaign and Climate Nexus today announced the launch of the "Win A Date With History" online video speech contest... 5278. March 5, 2012 | The Associated Press (AP)
Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success, Japan
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they've removed the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of radioactive soil from the yard of a single home. Total amount of waste gathered: roughly 60 tons... 5279. March 5, 2012 | Telegraph
Is aluminium really a silent killer?, UK
Twenty-four years ago, one of the UK’s most notorious pollution disasters occurred. At a water treatment works on the edge of Bodmin Moor, 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate leaked into the water supply serving the nearby town of Camelford... 5280. March 5, 2012 | BorneoPost Online
Fuel spill triggers water panic, Malaysia
MIRI: The price of bottled water skyrocketed to RM25 per box from the usual price of RM8 here and in Bekenu yesterday caused by panic buying as taps ran dry following the leakage of diesel from the pipeline of a premix plant... 5281. March 5, 2012 | Reuters
China's missed pollution goals show failure to change -NDRC, China
China's continuing reliance on heavy industry meant it failed to meet its own targets for cleaning its air and water in 2011, the head of the top planning agency told journalists on Monday... 5282. March 5, 2012 | Coventry Telegraph
Remove asbestos from schools call after death of former Leamington teacher, UK
A TEACHING union is calling for asbestos to be removed from all schools after a Leamington teacher died from an asbestos related disease... 5283. March 5, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Expert Mission Studies Japan Earthquake Waste, Japan
UNEP has completed an international expert mission to areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The visit focused on the management of post-disaster debris... 5284. March 4, 2012 | Reuters
China lead pollution poisons 160 children in Guangdong: Xinhua, China
BEIJING (REUTERS) - Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China's manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 children, Xinhua said on Sunday in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins... 5285. March 4, 2012 | The Salt Lake Tribune
Health impacts given short shrift in focus on Uinta Basin ozone?, USA
Vernal • Sandy Hansen calls it the "ostrich approach," the way leaders are addressing the health impacts of the Uinta Basin’s wintertime ozone problem... 5286. March 4, 2012 | The Seattle Times
Fight in Olympia over solutions for toxic runoff, USA
Environmentalists in Washington state are fighting last-minute legislative proposals they say will weaken rules aimed at keeping toxic pollution out of state waters... 5287. March 4, 2012 | Forbes
China Getting Tougher On Polluters, China
China’s weak environmental policies are coming undone, and now the country is rewriting a new set of rules that will make regulations there much stricter than they have ever been... 5288. March 4, 2012 | The Japan Times Online
Food must be cleansed, Chernobyl expert warns, Japan
AOMORI — A Russian expert on the 1986 Chernobyl disaster has told a symposium in Aomori Prefecture that it is imperative to cleanse food of radioactive substances emitted by the Fukushima No. 1 power plant... 5289. March 4, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
First Wangari Maathai Day Celebrated in Conjunction with Africa Environment Day, Kenya
N'djamena - Nairobi, 3 March 2012 - The first Wangari Maathai Day was celebrated across the African continent, Saturday, in honour of the late environmental leader and Nobel Laureate... 5290. March 2, 2012 | The Dallas Morning News
Austin is first large Texas city to ban plastic, paper bags, USA
AUSTIN — The state capital will become the first large Texas city to sack both plastic and paper bags, after the Austin City Council voted unanimously to enact a broad ban on the bags... 5291. March 2, 2012 | The Washington Post
Md. legislator wants to ban smoking in cars carrying children, USA
So here’s an interesting question: Should drivers hauling around young children in their cars be allowed to smoke?... 5292. March 2, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Media Advisory: Expert Mission to Japan to Study Post-Disaster Waste Management, Japan
UNEP will take part in an expert mission to Japan to study issues surrounding waste management following the earthquake and tsumani that struck the country in 2011... 5293. March 2, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UK Government Donor Visits UNEP Environment and Peacebuilding Projects in Sudan, Sudan
Khartoum - The Republic of Sudan is facing serious natural resource challenges in the face of population growth, urbanisation, climate change and the legacy of conflict. 5294. March 2, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Global Peace Initiative of Women Convenes Environmental Conference in Kenya, Kenya
The Global Peace Initiative of Women (GPIW), a non-governmental organization of contemplative leaders based in the United States, held today an environmental conference at the headquarters of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi... 5295. March 2, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Nominations Open for 2012 MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity, Canada
Montreal - Takuya Okada, Chairman of the AEON Environmental Foundation and Honorary Chairman of AEON Co., Ltd., announced today the opening of nominations for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity... 5296. March 1, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
What Future for Sustainable Development?, UK
London - The Regeneration Project, a joint initiative from GlobeScan and SustainAbility, launches today with the first of The Ray Anderson Memorial Interviews... 5297. February 28, 2012 | Environmental Health News
High levels of PCBs tied to defective sperm in infertile men, EHN
Research shows for the first time that increased levels of organochlorine chemicals PCBs and a DDT breakdown product in men are associated with an extra sex chromosome in sperm that can contribute to reproductive problems... 5298. February 28, 2012 | Mumbai Mirror
Bad breath chemical can help create liver cells, Japan
Tokyo A chemical that causes bad breath can be used to convert dental stem cells into human liver cells, a finding which scientists say could help repair the key organ if damaged... 5299. February 28, 2012 | WSJ.com
China Sets Curbs On Official Cars, China
BEIJING—China plans to force government officials to stop buying foreign brands like Volkswagen and Toyota and buy only locally branded cars, in its latest effort to bolster the local industry amid slowing growth and toughening competition... 5300. February 28, 2012 | WSJ.com
Shanghai Halts Johnson Controls Lead Processing, China
SHANGHAI—Authorities heredirectly linked lead pollution that they said had sickened local children to emissions from a Johnson Controls Inc. battery plant and indicated the facility would not be permitted to process lead in the future...
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