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| Jun.6 |
Hamburg |
Hamburg bans waste from Italy Map of Hamburg Germany Workers have been told to stop processing Italian hospital waste after finding high levels of radioactivity in it
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| Apr.19 |
London |
Stinky manure smell engulfs London A foul smell permeating parts of England is due to farmers on the European continent spreading manure in their fields
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| Mar.28 |
Italy |
Italy to withdraw tainted cheese The government says it is ready to withdraw from sale the mozzarella cheese linked to dioxin contamination
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| Mar.13 |
European Union |
EU set to agree emission cut plan EU leaders meeting for their spring summit are poised to agree on a timetable for cutting greenhouse gas emissions further
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| Nov.15 |
Moscow |
Oil spill may take months to clear The Ministry for Emergency Situations said improved weather was helping the effort to clear the spill, which could damage the area for years
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| Nov.12 |
Russia |
Death toll rises in oil disaster Map of Kerch Strait Russia Russia and Ukraine launched a rescue and cleanup operation in the Black Sea after fatal storms sank 5 ships, including an oil tanker. 20 sailors missing
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| Nov.11 |
Russia |
Russian oil tanker breaks in two Map of Kerch Strait Russia A tanker split in two during a fierce storm, spilling some 560,000 gallons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea
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| Jul.30 |
Poland |
Brussels aims to halt Polish road The European Commission is seeking a court order to prevent re-starting work on a road through a protected wildlife area
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| Jun.7 |
European Union |
Europe's seas face 'bleak future' EU-funded report: seas are in a serious state of decline as a result of coastal development and pollution from agriculture,
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Germany |
G8 leaders 'agree climate deal'| German Chancellor Angela Merkel: Leaders of the G8 nations have agreed to a compromise deal on tackling climate change | | |
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Jet with 100 aboard crashes
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| Mar.12 |
London |
Climate bill set to be unveiled The government is due to announce the bill aiming to cut Britain's carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by the year 2050
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| Feb.1 |
Paris |
Warming 'very likely' human-made Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Climatic changes seen around the world are very likely to have a human cause
| Eiffel Tower darkened to call attention to climate change. The report slightly reduced projections on rising temperatures and sea levels by the year 2100
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| Jan.23 |
Switzerland |
Green agenda for global leaders Climate change, the rise of Asia will dominate the agenda when the World Economic Forum starts in Davos
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| Jan.16 |
Northern Italy |
High ski runs fuel habitat fears An increase in demand for high altitude ski runs will have a serious impact on the Alpine bird species
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| Dec.11 |
Germany |
Car of ex-spy contact contaminated A car used by Dmitry Kovtun, a contact of Litvinenko, before the men met was contaminated with polonium-210
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| Oct.30 |
London |
Warming 'may cause economic chaos'| A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars | |
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| Sep.14 |
Netherlands |
Toxic waste ship first tried Europe A ship that unloaded waste in Ivory Coast that killed 6 people tried to unload waste containing sulphur
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| Jul.31 |
Russia |
'Huge' pipeline oil spill The spill in an export pipeline is near Russia's western border with Ukraine and Belarus
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Study: Earth 'likely' hottest in 2,000 years
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| Jun.7 |
United Kingdom |
BP faces Alaska oil spill probe British oil company could face a criminal investigation in the US over a massive oil spill in March
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| May.16 |
France |
Toxic ship returns home The ageing warship Clemenceau is due to arrive back home in the naval port of Brest
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| Feb.15 |
France |
Chirac orders 'toxic' warship home President has ordered the asbestos-lined Clemenceau to return to French waters after a ruling by the highest court
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Harbin water supplies cut off
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| Sep.29 |
Moscow |
Russia 'to ratify climate treaty'| The government is expected to announce that the country will ratify the Kyoto Protocol | |
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233 died in gas disaster
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| Nov.19 |
Spain |
Tanker sank spilling oil| 17,000 tonnes of fuel oil was leaking | |
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