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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.…

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.…

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.…

KEITH NUTHALL
WATER has no great value in itself. It is it what it helps create that counts. And for every improvement in efficiency in water use, communities and companies get richer and consume less water when doing so. It is what economists call a virtuous circle.…

BY KATE REW
ONE of the catalysts, which sparked the drafting of the American Constitution, was a long-running and sometimes bloody dispute between the states of Maryland and Virginia, over the use and control of the Potomac River. Although the battle is no longer bloody, wrangling continues between the two US states, with the Maryland State Court this month came down in favour of Virginia over the proposed construction of a 725 foot water pipeline in to the river, which

Maryland objected to on environmental grounds.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
EXPERTS from 54 countries and five international organisations are considering the results of a simulated nuclear accident at the French reactor at Gravelines, near the border with Belgium, across the English Channel. The exercise, which was carried out on May 22-23rd, was to test national and international procedures following a nuclear emergency, the co-ordination of information, and the effectiveness of advisory and decision-making mechanisms.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REVIEW of the Common Fisheries Policy is likely to create the largest overhaul in European Union fishing policy in years, matching the crisis in stock levels in European waters. At its heart is the integration of environmental and conservation concerns into the organisation of the EU fishing market, a principle that – judging by conclusions agreed by the Council of Ministers – will have significant consequences when changes are put in place next year.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A 15 per cent year-on-year jump in Canadian timber exports to the United States has alarmed American wood industry lobbyists, who are accusing the Canadian timber industry of flooding the US market before protective duties of up to US$8 billion per year are imposed, maybe this summer.…

BY KATE REW
Kim Jeffery, president and CEO of The Perrier Group said: “We feel

fortunate to join this community. In return, we are dedicated to bringing good opportunities to local families, preserving the water resources on which we all depend, and being a contributing member of the community.…

Keith Nuthall
LOS Angeles Airport (LAX) last month began a six-month programme to recycle food leftovers into power generators, which feed electricity into the local grid. The programme has been launched in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works.…