Turkish nuclear plans powered down

Αυτό το διάβασα σε email της Greenpeace:

Turkish nuclear plans powered down
Just two days after thearrest of 37 activists from Greenpeace and Global Action Group protesting against nuclear energy in Turkey, there has been a victory. For months, the Energy Ministry of Turkey has been intent on selecting a supplier for its first nuclear energy plant. The plant would have been the first of a number the Turkish government says it wants to build. Instead, plans have been stopped dead in their tracks. It turns out energy companies just aren't that interested in the risk of a new nuclear energy plant.

Everybody: Read our blog about the nuclear industry

Every success in the struggle against climate change is an opportunity to rejoice, and bring more people to the cause. We need many more of them (campaign successes) and many more of us (people taking action) to solve the climate crisis in time!

And on their site:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/victory-turkish-nuclear-plans

New EU legislation requiring collection and recycling of spent batteries

Reference: IP/08/1411 Date: 26/09/2008

New EU legislation requiring collection and recycling of spent batteries applies from today

IP/08/1411 Brussels, 26 September 2008 Environment: new EU legislation requiring collection and recycling of spent batteries applies from today Revised EU legislation that aims to protect human health and the environment by ensuring waste batteries are properly collected and recycled applies from today. The directive also makes producers responsible for the management of batteries once they become waste. Adopted by the European Parliament and Council in 2006, the revised Batteries Directive should be transposed by Member States into national law by today. So far seven Member States have communicated to the Commission national legislation which fully transposes the directive. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: “The revision of the Batteries Directive represents another important step towards our goal of making Europe into a recycling society. By setting collection targets and requiring recycling, this legislation will also help to protect the health of European citizens and contribute to making consumption and production in the EU more sustainable. Those Member States that have not yet transposed it should do so without delay." Environmental and health issues Batteries contain a range of metals which are harmful to human health and the environment, including in some cases the hazardous heavy metals lead, cadmium and mercury. Collecting and recycling waste batteries prevents these substances from getting into the environment and saves energy and natural resources. The new directive[1] revises an existing directive on batteries from 1991[2] which has not succeeded in controlling adequately the risks they pose or creating a homogeneous framework for their collection and recycling. For example, almost one in two 'portable' batteries (small, sealed batteries, as opposed to industrial or automotive batteries) sold in the EU-15 in 2002 was sent for final disposal in landfill dumps or incinerators instead of being recycled after use. This was the case even for batteries that had been collected separately at the end of their useful life. The revised directive The revised directive aims to avoid the final disposal of batteries in the environment by enhancing collection and recycling. It also contains restrictions on the use of some heavy metals. The key changes it introduces are: requirements governing the collection or take-back of all types of batteries and setting national collection targets for portable batteries. These require the collection of at least 25% of the portable batteries used annually in each Member State by 2012, rising to 45% by 2016. a requirement that all batteries collected must be recycled (with possible exemptions for portable hazardous batteries). restrictions on the use of mercury in all batteries and on the use of cadmium in portable batteries. a ban on the landfilling or incineration of automotive and industrial batteries. a requirement that recycling processes for different types of batteries must meet specified efficiency levels. a requirement that, in line with the principle of producer responsibility, battery producers have to finance the costs of the collection, treatment and recycling of waste batteries. The introduction of the recycling efficiency levels is a novelty in EU waste legislation. These efficiency targets will encourage innovation and the introduction of more effective processes and technologies. They form part of the Lead Market Initiative launched by the Commission at the start of this year (see IP/08/12). The Commission has clarified that batteries lawfully placed on the Community market before today do not have to be withdrawn from sale or relabelled in line with the new requirements. National implementation To date seven Member States have communicated to the Commission national legislation fully transposing the directive and a further four have partially transposed it. As guardian of the Treaty, the Commission will start immediately to assess whether these national laws correctly transpose the aims of the directive. The Commission will take any necessary infringement action against Member States which have not communicated their transposition measures if they do not remedy the situation rapidly. More information DG Environment web page on batteries: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/batteries/index.htm Sustainable consumption and production: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/escp_en.htm [1] Directive 2006/66/EC [2] Directive 91/157/EEC

Eurobarometer Special Surveys

Eurobarometer Special Surveys

Η Eurostat δημοσίευσε χτες 25/09/2008 τις στατιστικές για τη στάση των ευρωπαίων απέναντι στην κλιματικές αλλαγές.

Οι απαντήσεις των Κυπρίων είναι εδώ.

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb_special_en.htm

Πράσινες Πόλεις

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/urban/home_en.htm
The Strategy is based on extensive consultation with stakeholders and builds on existing European policy initiatives for improving the quality of the urban environment. It sets out new measures to support and facilitate the adoption of integrated approaches to the management of the urban environment by national, regional and local authorities. The text of the Thematic Strategy is available here
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/urban/pdf/com_2005_0718_el.pdf

http://sustainable-cities.eu/References-93-2-3-.html

Φράκτης Πολεμιδιών και το Βατι

Παρουσίαση

From 2008_09_04-Polemidia-Vati

In Google Earth if you have it !!

CY001 - Cyprus
(http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/cy/eu/wfdart8/cy001) and are made publicly available on 26 April 2007.

List of files:

Cyprus monitoring Stations General
(http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/cy/eu/wfdart8/cy001/RBD_CY001_Monitoring.xml)
Cyprus GW monitoring Stations
(http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/cy/eu/wfdart8/cy001/RBD_CY001_GWMonitoringStati
ons.xml)
Cyprus SW monitoring Stations
(http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/cy/eu/wfdart8/cy001/RBD_CY001_SWMonitoringStati
ons.xml)
CYPRUS EU summary monitoring report
(http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/cy/eu/wfdart8/cy001/EU-summary_Monitoring_Cypru
s_v22.pdf)

Ανακοίνωση 27/09/2005 για χρήση του φράκτη για αθλητισμό

Ερώτηση με αρ. 23.06.009.02.369, ημερομηνίας 15 Απριλίου 2008, του βουλευτή εκλογικής περιφέρειας Αμμοχώστου κ. Κυριάκου Χατζηγιάννη

«Παρακαλείται ο αρμόδιος υπουργός να πληροφορήσει τη Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων σχετικά με τα ακόλουθα θέματα:

1. Κατά το Μάρτιο του 2007 υπήρχαν στο φράκτη των Πολεμιδιών γύρω στα δύο εκατομ. τόνοι νερό (προερχόμενο από βροχή και επεξεργασμένα λύματα). Οι γεωργοί των Πολεμιδιών είχαν αγοράσει γύρω στους 350 000 τόνους. Πώς έχει διατεθεί το υπόλοιπο του νερού και σε ποιους, καθώς και ποια είναι η ποσότητα επεξεργασμένου νερού που έχει προστεθεί από το Μάρτιο του 2007 μέχρι το Μάρτιο του 2008;

2. Ποια η πολιτική για άντληση νερού από ιδιωτικές γεωτρήσεις στο παρόν στάδιο και πώς αυτή εφαρμόζεται για σκοπούς γεωργίας και κτηνοτροφίας;

3. Προτίθεται η κυβέρνηση να δώσει προτεραιότητα στους επαγγελματίες γεωργούς για χρήση νερού σε περίοδο ανομβρίας ή και έλλειψης νερού;»

Πολεμίδια

3,400

0,000

0,055

0,790

23,2

1,298

38,2

2,066

23/4

http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/WDD/WDD.nsf/reservoir_gr/reservoir_gr?OpenDocument