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Hungary to Join EU? Czech Your Laws, Polish Your Record
The six countries next in line to join the European Union are likely to run up against serious problems as they try to comply with EU environmental laws, possibly delaying their EU membership, according to acting EU Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard. Poland in particular has made little progress in meeting environmental norms, Bjerregaard said. The […]
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Rising Sunshine
Japan adopted its first freedom of information law last week, giving citizens the right to request information on everything from how the government evaluates environmental hazards to how it spends tax money. Citizens groups have fought for the law for 20 years, and it is still weaker than most of them would have liked. Diplomatic, […]
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Mayonnaise on Rye, Hold the Tuna
Citing mercury levels found in canned tuna, a coalition of environmental and health care groups is urging that pregnant women avoid eating canned tuna and that preschool kids eat no more than one tuna sandwich a week. The Environmental Working Group and Health Care Without Harm bought 27 samples of tuna in grocery stores and […]
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Protestors Blubber Over Hunt
The Makah Indians had an unsuccessful day of whale hunting off the coast of Washington yesterday, the tribe’s first hunt in more than 70 years. The Makah expect to harpoon a whale during coming weeks and placed part of the blame for their failure to do so yesterday on protestors whose boats followed them to […]
