International Environment Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

WASTES

– E-waste

See ELECTRONIC WASTE

– Hazardous waste

See HAZARDOUS WASTE

– Medical waste

See MEDICAL WASTE

– Radioactive waste

See RADIOACTIVE WASTE

– Recycling

See RECYCLING

– Solid waste

See SOLID WASTE

WASTEWATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

– Bisphenol A, Canada discharge proposal, 1042
– Capacity, Chile capital to treat all sewage by 2012, 378
– Chemical oxygen demand, China enforcement actions, 524
– Climate change, U.N. report on GHG emissions, 354
– Compliance

– – China Shanxi province initiative, 294
– – Greece, European Comm'n warning, 461
– – Luxembourg, European Comm'n warning, 641

– Effluent standards

– – Canada, proposal, 165; proposed regulations, 332
– – Israel, approval of regulations, 179

– Infrastructure

See WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

– Matanza-Riachuelo River, revised cleanup plan, 166; Supreme Court demands faster cleanup, 798; Environment Sec'y faces fines, 881
– Paper mills

– – China province closures due to violations, 37
– – Russia, waste discharges into Lake Baikal, 106; decree upheld, 596

– Performance certification, South Africa report, 532
– Permit requirements, Colombia presidential decree, 1141
– Salt production, German advisory group recommends pipeline construction, 153
– Sewage discharges off coast, Canada, NAFTA complaint, 467
– Steel mill spill of untreated effluent, Brazil fine, 1197
– Urban areas

– – Belgium infraction, EC referral to court, 641
– – Poland strategy revisions, 270

– Water resources, U.N. report on role in sustainable development, 354
– Weihe River, cities fined for pollution, 348

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

– Sanitation improvements

– – Brazil, municipality water management plan submission deadline, 660
– – Panama loan from IAD, 35
– – Peru city wastewater project, 796
– – Russia, financial and regulatory measures, 1035

– Urban areas, India sewage treatment rates, 81

WATER POLLUTION

– Acid mine drainage, South Africa partnership with companies, 296
– Aquaculture, Canada licensing proposal, 720
– Baltic Sea

See BALTIC SEA

– Electric power plants, Chile standards for discharges, 335
– Great Lakes

See GREAT LAKES

– Heavy metal contamination, Brazil Recobem site, state penalties appeal, 73
– Marine waters, EU environmental status criteria, 868
– Nitrates, EU levels, 162
– Nutrients, Denmark mussel cultivation project, 795
– Oil spills

See OIL SPILLS

– Penalties, Australia Northern Territory doubles, 478
– Pesticide production, China standards, 808
– Phosphates in detergents

– – EU, ban proposal, 1078
– – Finland progress on ban slow, 159

– Reduction, China goals met for 2009, 171; first half of 2010, 1097
– River basin management plans, EU countries miss deadline, 317; first warnings issued, 555; second warning, 1079
– Shellfish waters, European Comm'n closure of case against Ireland, 318
– Specific rivers and streams

See RIVERS AND STREAMS

– Wastewater treatment

See WASTEWATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

– Algal blooms, Sweden water agency focus, 706
– Amazon region, Ecuadorian 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

– Compliance, China Fujian province data, 117
– Danube River, EU improvements, 205
– Data collection, France scheme, 835
– Enforcement, China Sichuan province effort, 481
– Environmental health, Italy 2009 assessment, 411
– Great Lakes

See GREAT LAKES

– Implementation, Luxembourg infringement, 641
– Improvements

– – China, challenges, 767
– – Finland, decrees, 1038

– Monitoring, Poland lab, 330
– Policies, Morocco, 301
– Recreational waters, EU 2009 data, 592
– Reservoirs, China resident relocation Three Gorges Dam green belt project, 118
– Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong proposed budget, 232

WATER RESOURCES

– Agriculture, OECD recommendation on water pricing, 353
– Amazon aquifer, Brazil discovery, 428
– Bathing water, EU 2009 quality data, 592
– Building codes

– – Canada, Manitoba revisions, 1047
– – Standards coalition draft, 307

– Desalinization, Egypt consideration of nuclear power to meet energy needs, 298
– Drinking water

See DRINKING WATER

– Glaciers

– – Argentina, industrial activity ban, 998; court partially blocks ban, 1094
– – Chile plans protection bill, 560

– Global crisis to outweigh energy as top concern, 955
– Groundwater

See GROUNDWATER

– Human use, Peru law, 336
– Hydropower

See HYDROELECTRIC POWER

– Infrastructure

See WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

– Low-flush toilets, Canada

– – British Columbia requirement, 472
– – Ontario proposal, 428

– Management

– – Africa, U.N. atlas, 1210
– – China

– – – Industrial growth, shortage impact projections, 288
– – – Local development plan requirements, 942
– – – Yellow River, water use restrictions to ease stress, 171

– – Colombia 12-year policy, 340
– – Denmark strategy to improve water quality, 61
– – Euro-Mediterranean accord fails, 445
– – European Comm'n warnings to Finland, Poland, 641
– – Netherlands, policy priority, 1087
– – New Zealand

– – – Freshwater, recommendations, 947
– – – Water use metering, 479
– – – Withdrawals, metering, 1057

– – Norway approval of regional plans, 597
– – OECD policy website, 252
– – Portugal regulation of government funding, 705
– – South Africa, priorities and challenges, 442
– – UAE policy committee, 133
– – U.N. Millennium Development Goals, means to achieve, 902

– Oil sand development, Canada reports on impacts, 844
– Protection, World Bank loan to Mexico, 764
– Recycling, Japan exports of industrial water to W. Australia, 852
– Rivers and streams

See RIVERS AND STREAMS

– Surveys, China national census, 127
– Typhoon damage, Taiwan reservoir restoration, 440
– Urban industries, Brazil state charges for use of untreated water, 25
– Vegetation preservation, Brazil landowner payments, 712
– Wastewater management, U.N. report on role in sustainable development, 354
– Water footprint, development of ISO standard, 624
– Water rights

– – Chile, election of opposition candidate slows bill, 113; bill dropped, other legislation planned, 560
– – Nile River Basin countries restructuring disagreement, 42; upstream nations reassure Egypt, 574

WETLANDS

– Climate change, threat of rising sea level, 1214
– Conservation, India framework, comments sought, 569
– Convention on Wetlands of International Importance

See RAMSAR CONVENTION

– GHG emissions, China study of Three Gorges Dam impacts, 118
– Protection, China Yangtze zones, 1004
– Swamp draining for mosquito control, Brazil landowner liable for harm prior to ownership, 604

WILDLIFE

See FISH AND WILDLIFE

WIND ENERGY

– Capacity

– – China increase, 7 farms, 572
– – Italy growth, 2009, 877
– – Portugal regulations, 557

– Coal mine exhaust, India producer seeks investors, 289
– Contract auctions, Brazil, 25
– Environmental impact assessments

– – Canada, Prince Edward Island rules, 283
– – Denmark test center, 794

– Equipment imports, China elimination of duties, 530
– Financial incentives, India announcement, 78
– Offshore projects

– – Canada, Ontario seeks comment on proposed rules, 659
– – Cape Verde wind farms, financing, 1069
– – China, development rules, 230
– – European Comm'n economic stimulus funding, 10
– – Germany, Alpha Ventus wind farm, 465

– Preservation of landscapes, Italy island protection of tourism, 326
– Targets, Egypt 2020 goals, 180
– Transmission grid

– – China standards, 611
– – Netherlands province, plan to build service island, 988

WORKPLACE SAFETY

See OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

WORLD BANK

– Agricultural land purchases in developing world, report, 903
– Biodiversity, program to estimate value of ecosystems, 1104
– Climate change

– – Mexico mitigation loan, 1200
– – Tracking projects funded with development aid, recommendations, 1107

– Coal-fired power plant, loan to South Africa, 397; developing nations need balance between environment, economy, 445; defense of loan as equitable treatment, 582
– Coastal zone management, loan to India, 771
– Energy sector, increased lending to India, 80; proposed clean energy investment, 438
– Forests, Shandong province loan, 481
– Remediation, loan to India, 771
– Transportation, Mexico loan, 764
– Water quality, Morocco policies, 301
– Water resources, Mexico loan, 764
– Wetlands, joint research with Ramsar secretariat, 251

WORLD WIDE WEB

See generally INTERNET