International Environment Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION

– Batteries, U.S. authorizes use of international rules to differentiate lithium-metal, lithium-ion in shipping papers, 782
– Dangerous goods, Canada proposes new emergency response plan requirements, In Brief, 143; Parliament approves requirements, In Brief, 561
– Radioactive materials, U.S. seeks comments on international rules, 504

HAZARDOUS WASTE

– Basel Convention

See BASEL CONVENTION

– Brownfields, Canada, British Colombia funding, In Brief, 744
– Disposal

– – Brazil citizens sue U.S. companies over dumping, incineration of toxic wastes, 410
– – Canada, Ontario seeks comment on program expansion, 735

– Landfills

See generally LANDFILLS

– Lead smelters, Mexico-U.S. border agreement cleanup complete at Metales y Derivados site, copper mine next, 138
– Management

– – India, zero disposal goal of draft strategy, 750
– – Portugal regulation, In Brief, 179

– Metal smelters, Peru operator faces pressure to complete remediation program, 449
– Military facilities, Denmark, Greenland agree on plan to clean up waste from U.S. air base, 775
– Oil sands tailings, Canada

– – Bird deaths, government files criminal charges against producer, 136
– – Management, Alberta directive updates rules, 135

– Producer responsibility, India alliance proposes legislation, 751
– Recycling, Australia, Victoria issues draft regulations, 243
– Remediation

– – Brazil, Sao Paulo commission to launch investigation into 7 most contaminated sites, 184; panel report concludes cleanups inadequate, 410
– – Canada, Alberta voluntary program, In Brief, 509

– Storage, European Comm'n issues Spain final warning over industrial waste storage on marshland, 260
– Trichloroethylene in ground water, Canada provincial court approves class action settlement, 602
– Water pollution, Argentina indicts company officials for dumping industrial waste into river, 785

HELSINKI CONVENTION

– Environmental assessment, signatory countries to conduct new general assessment, 224
– Oil spills, shared management, In Brief, 55
– Pollution hot spots, HELCOM downgrades 4 sources, 492

HIGHWAYS AND ROADS

– Air pollution, Switzerland reports levels fell slightly along major road axis, 776
– Environmental licensing, Brazil

– – Amazon highway repaving, agency denies environmental license, 656
– – Exemption, House approves, 365; Senate misses vote deadline, In Brief, 510

– Protected areas, Poland bypass of Rospuda Valley, In Brief, 268

HOMELAND SECURITY

– Climate change

– – Effects spark growing concerns for EU, U.S., panelists say, 201
– – Post-Kyoto negotiators should address impacts, forum told, 202
– – U.N. General Assembly adopts resolution urging attention to implications, 525

HONG KONG

– Air quality

– – Objectives, government seeks comments, stresses health benefits, 709
– – Pollution from mainland complicates review of goals, 284

– CDM, China relaxes rules for investment on mainland, 374
– Electronic waste

– – Cathode ray tubes illegally sent to Hong Kong, EPA issues order against company, 831
– – Computer monitors illegally sent by U.S. company, EPA says, 555

– Energy efficiency

– – Building audit subsidies, In Brief, 333
– – Smart meter installation, In Brief, 379

– Motor vehicles, public fleet procurement, In Brief, 334
– Outlook 2009, SplRpt (1/7/09) S–47
– Plastic bag restrictions, In Brief, 620

HOSPITALS

– Mercury in thermometers, blood pressure meters, Argentina, Uruguay move to reduce pollution, In Brief, 190

HOUSING

– Asbestos removal, Poland, In Brief, 650
– Energy efficiency

See ENERGY EFFICIENCY

– Timber, Brazil bank agrees not to finance projects using illegally cut wood, 59

HUMAN RIGHTS

– Oil exploration, Shell settles civil suit with families of executed Nigerian protesters for $15.5M, 556

HYDROELECTRIC POWER

– Amazon Rainforest, Peru indigenous peoples protest forestry law, civic strike turns violent, 507; Congress suspends law, 560
– Belo Monte Dam, Brazil agency seeks revised EIA, In Brief, 411; incomplete assessment suspends licensing process, In Brief, 563; injunction overturned, In Brief, 745
– Development, Italy project approvals, In Brief, 871
– El Quimbo Dam, Colombia permit conditions, In Brief, 451
– Environmental impact assessments, China halts projects due to lack of complete assessments, 565
– Jirau-Santo Antonio dam complex, Brazil, head of environmental licensing charged with misconduct in permitting, 656
– Pricing, China set to increase price, 192
– Santo Antonio Dam, Brazil fines consortium for fish kill, In Brief, 30
– Three Gorges Dam, China plans to spend $14.6B on environmental costs over next 10 years, 375
– Vistula River dam, Poland seeks to avert collapse, In Brief, 361
– Water shortages, Kenya power supply threatened, country considers diesel fuel use, officials say, 338