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Crowds protest against paper mill waste in Lake Baikal Source: WWF Feb. 16, 2010 ShareThis Over two thousand people gathered in central Irkutsk this weekend to protest the relaunch of the Baikal Paper and Pulp mills, an industry that releases toxic waste into lake Baikal, the world's single largest body of fresh water. Environmentalists, scientists,...
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Oilfield Services Companies in Russia 2009 Source: Bharat Book Bureau Feb. 1, 2010 ShareThis Amid challenging economic situation 2009 has been a year of further consolidation of the oilfield services market in Russia, as a result of acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and alliances across all segments of the oilfield services industry....
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The commission has sent a warning to the two countries. Two Nordic countries will soon have to put in place infrastructure for collecting and treating urban wastewater to avoid facing sanctions from the European Commission. Finland and Sweden, under the European Union’s urban wastewater treatment directive, are bound to collect and treat their urban...
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Source: GLOBE-Net Jan. 29, 2010 ShareThis Davos, Switzerland - Iceland leads the world in addressing pollution control and natural resource management challenges, according to the 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) produced by a team of environmental experts at Yale University and Columbia University. This is the third edition of...
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The group AVE CZ, which ranks among major players on the Czech waste market and is a part of Austria's Energie AG Oberoesterreich, raised turnover by CZK 280 million to CZK 2.38 billion in the 2008/2009 fiscal year ending in September last year, Executive Roman Muzik told journalists yesterday....
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Greenpeace activists yesterday protested against the planned modernisation of the coal-fired power plant Prunéřov outside the headquarters of the state-run ČEZ energy producer that operates the plant...
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The Czech Republic produced 141 tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2008, which is a decrease of 4.1%, or six million tonnes, compared to 2007, the Environment Ministry said in a press release yesterday...
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Green groups in Poland have strongly criticised the government's decision to drop a proposal to introduce a tax on plastic bags in a draft law on packaging waste. The initial plan was to impose a fee of PLN0.20-0.40 (€0.05-0.10) per plastic bag used in retail....
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The EU remains committed to increase its emission reduction target to 30% by 2020 if other industrialised countries made comparable efforts, according to a compromise agreement reached by member state representatives in Brussels on Wednesday. The agreement, which will be submitted in a letter to the UN, is expected to be approved by EU governments before a 31...
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Source: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Jan. 19, 2010
€60 million syndicated loan to build Suvorovo wind farm
The EBRD is supporting the development of renewable energy in Bulgaria with a €60 million syndicated loan to Eolica Bulgaria to finance the development...
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