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OECD REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ORGANISATION of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has called on developed countries to consider splitting their utilities into separate functional units, maybe allowing one group to concentrate on networks and others on operations.
Its governing Council has issued a recommendation to member governments, on Structural Separation of Regulated Industries.…
CHERNOBYL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COUNCIL of Europe report has recommended that the $US215 million international loan earmarked for completing two new nuclear reactors in Ukraine – in exchange for shutting down Chernobyl – be spent instead on reducing the country’s energy waste and diversifying its energy sources.…
BATHING WATERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE POLLUTION of rivers and lakes used for tourism in the UK has been rising sharply, according to the latest bathing water report from the European Commission. It claims that for the year 2000, compliance with EU cleanliness standards for fresh water sites has fallen to 81.8 per cent, compared with 90.9 per cent in 1999 and 100 per cent in 1998.…
CLEAN AIR
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has established a Clean Air for Europe programme, which includes a commitment to create an integrated anti-air pollution strategy by 2004. It will promote the collection of detailed information on the problem, which will be the basis for decisions supposedly based on sound science.…
EU GRANTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOCAL authorities have been asked to apply for grants from a Euro 2.5 million budget run by the European Commission’s DG environment. Money is available for projects that focus on climate change, sustainable development, forestry, publicising EU environmental policies and animal experiments, among other areas.…
EU FOOD AUTHORITY LATEST
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has attempted to speed up preparations to launch the European Food Authority, by setting up an interim scientific advisory forum that will provide expert advice on food policy, ahead of the establishment of a permanent committee.…
SULPHUR FREE FUEL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ALL petrol engine automobiles driving in the European Union will have to run on sulphur-free fuel by 2011, if EU ministers back proposals from the European Commission. It also wants sulphur-free petrol and diesel made available in every Member States from January 1, 2005, with a date for banning sulphurous diesel being fixed later.…
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Alan Osborne
SMALLER companies are still not getting the message about the link between ill health and conditions in the workplace. Papers presented to the recent Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) conference at the Birmingham NEC from May 21 to 24 showed that national campaigns are missing the mark.…
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