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BY KEITH NUTHALL
POLITICAL pressure applied by the European Union (EU) on its Member States to improve the environmental performance of their water sectors is failing to achieve the desired results, according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).…

BY PHILIP FINE

NEW York state’s Indian Point has been ordered to install a new water-cooling system probably causing less harm to the area’s aquatic life than existing water intake pipes. Under the order, plant owner Energy Nuclear Northeast must build two new ‘ecology friendly’ cooling towers by 2013.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INNOVATIVE nanotechnology technology has been trialled in the United States, effectively spraying a protective crystal crust on a New Mexico mountainside that had been left exposed to erosion by a fire. Its flames destroyed 5,000 acres of land considered sacred by the Taos Pueblo Native Indian group.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INNOVATIVE nanotechnology technology has been trialled in the United States, effectively spraying a protective crystal crust on a New Mexico mountainside that had been left exposed to erosion by a fire. Its flames destroyed 5,000 acres of land considered sacred by the Taos Pueblo Native Indian group.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission made a formal call for nuclear specialists involved in collaborative studies with experts from other European Union (EU) Member States to submit proposals for grants from the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. Brussels has set aside a budget of Euro 61 million – paid via EURATOM – for this work and has released a detailed guide of the research topics it will favour in grant applications.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the European Union (EU) are to introduce a new manufacturing standard in Europe, reducing the flammability of materials – including textiles – used inside cars. The draft UNECE regulation (which the EU is expected to support) covers “the burning behaviour of materials…ensuring a high level of safety and environmental protection.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce (ICC) wants the European Commission to call for changes to the USA’s 1789 Alien Tort Statute, allowing non-American companies to be sued in US courts for alleged human rights, labour and environmental offences committed in third countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EURO 100 million is being lent to the regional government of Sardinia, Italy, by the European Investment Bank (EIB), with the money being earmarked for capital schemes in water management, renewable energy and environmental monitoring, (plus afforestation and private sector projects).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
OPPORTUNITIES for lawyers to handle varied and potentially lucrative liability claims against international organisations could arise from debates now being held at the United Nations (UN). Its legal committee is discussing whether they should be responsible for failing to achieve their formal objectives.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A REGIONAL far east and Pacific meeting of the Office International des Épizooties, (the world animal health organisation), has focused on calls to avoid the mass slaughter of livestock to control animal disease outbreaks. Delegates called for work on creating effective alternatives to culls that would ease environmental problems caused by carcass disposal.…