International Environment Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

HAITI

– Earthquake aftermath, waste management crisis, 167

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION

– Containers

– – Brazil, near-empty container rules, 220
– – Mexico

– – – Labeling, proposal, 418
– – – Specifications, proposed rules, 522

– Flammable liquids, Mexico proposed rules for Class 3 substances, 29; publication, 471
– Hazardous waste, transboundary shipments

See BASEL CONVENTION

– International standards harmonization

– – Mexico revisions, 279
– – U.S. proposal, 601

– LPG, Mexico proposed rules, 76
– Radioactive waste

– – Canada, shipment of used steam generators, 1189
– – U.S. request for comments on draft changes to international rules, 684

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

See TOXIC SUBSTANCES

HAZARDOUS WASTE

– Arctic region, Russia monitoring and cleanup plan, 644; funding commitment, 1040
– Basel Convention

See BASEL CONVENTION

– Batteries

See BATTERIES

– Containment pond failure, Hungary, 985
– Dump rehabilitation, India funding, 345
– Dumping

– – European Comm'n final warning to Spain, 318
– – Netherlands, oil traders fined for dumping in Ivory Coast, 749

– Handling, Norway construction industry inadequacies, 103
– Hexachlorobenzene, Denmark agrees to accept from Australia, 630; plan on hold, 1185
– Household waste diversion from landfills, Ontario fee elimination, 1046
– Imports, India oversight at state level, 384
– Impoundments, Brazil law, 1048
– Iron and steel recycling, China imports, 36
– Management

– – China guidelines, 81
– – European Comm'n warning to Italy, 982
– – India oversight at state level, 384
– – U.K. request for comments on strategy, 325

– Metal waste disposal, Norway inspections, 876
– Motor vehicles

– – Argentina green vehicle import duties reduction, 284
– – Japan cash-for-clunker subsidy expansion, 121
– – Mexico import limits as GHG emissions reduction measure, 68

– Oversight, India states, 384
– Ozone-depleting substances

– – China import/export directory, 82
– – Russia duties, guidance, 414

– Pesticides, Brazil glyphosate seizure, 339
– Pharmaceuticals

– – China province proposes fines for dumping, 118
– – Sweden, recommendations on drug manufacturer liability, 1037

– REACH system

See REGISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND AUTHORIZATION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) SYSTEM

– Renewable energy equipment imports, China exclusionary polices, 344
– Reporting, Russia requirements, 415
– Toxic substances, China import/export directory, 82
– Used tires, China seizure of smuggled goods, 83
– Water pollution, Amazon environmental damage suit against Chevron

– – Arbitration, complaint seeks to block, 74; bilateral investment treaty process in question, 222; U.S. court rules arbitration may proceed, 281; appeal, 337; motion to dismiss, 797; end of evidentiary phase set, 882
– – Delays violate bilateral investment treaty, 376
– – Removal of judge, 997

– Wood products

– – China imports/exports, 117
– – European Council adoption of alternative import law, 208
– – U.S., Lacey Act revision impact on illegal trade, Analysis & Perspective, 188

HELSINKI CONVENTION

– Baltic Sea restoration plan, affirmation, 508; national implementation plans, 596

HIGHWAYS AND ROADS

– Bog protection, Canada group lawsuit to halt construction, 1202
– EIAs, India approval process, 383

HONG KONG

– Air quality, motion calls for improvements, 475; environmental priorities, 1054
– Budget, 2010-2011 proposal, 232
– Buses, phaseout of older models, 348
– Climate change, carbon intensity reduction proposal, 943
– Diesel fuel, sulfur content, 526
– EIAs, completion list, 441
– Electric cars, charging guidelines, 238
– Electronic waste, public comment on management plan sought, 119
– Environmental priorities, 2011, 1054
– Incinerators, waste management proposal, 1204
– Investors, disclosure requirement recommendations, 482
– Motor vehicle idling, bill exemptions, 770
– Non-road mobile machinery, proposed emissions controls, 530
– Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/6/10) S–49
– Ozone-depleting substances, hydrochlorofluorocarbon phaseout, 40
– Pearl River Delta, cooperative agreement with China province, 435
– Solid waste, notification requirements for construction, demolition waste disposal, 231

HOUSING

– Energy efficiency

See ENERGY EFFICIENCY

HUMAN RIGHTS

– Mining, hearing on abuse of environmental activists, 1049

HUNGARY

– Alumina plant sludge containment pond failure, EU consideration of liability rules, 985
– Taxation, OECD recommendations, 219

HYDROELECTRIC POWER

– Amazon projects, website, 1001
– Antitrust, Italy approval process delays could hurt competition, 747
– Belo Monte Dam, Brazil approval, 111; challenge of licensing, 2 suits, 379; challenges dismissed, concession auctioned, 425; concession contract, 886
– Capacity building, China plan, 896
– Concession awards, France criteria, 415
– Development, China report critical, 1203
– EIA inadequacies, China resumption of 2 projects, 849
– Emissions trading, China projects receive undeserved credits, 434
– Equipment imports, China elimination of duties, 530
– Forest protections, Brazil eco-friendly construction model, 114
– Maheshwar Dam, construction halted, 440
– Mandakini River dams, India faces growing opposition, 673
– Targets, Brazil 10-year energy plan, 518
– Three Gorges Dam, China resident relocation for green belt construction, 118