The UK government has decided to press ahead with its proposals to change the procedure governing applications to challenge planning decisions by judicial review. Two major changes, brought on by the…
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ST. PETERSBURG – Numerous press conferences, round tables, seminars, and other actions were held across Russian cities on Tuesday in support of Moscow giving due substance to its declared Year of the…
Jean-Claude Delalonde, President Jacques ANCCLI and Repussard, Director General of IRSN signed June 19, 2013 a new commitment to continue this cooperation and gradually deepen national and local…
Astana will host a High-Level Conference on "Increasing Stability and Security: Improving the Environmental Footprint of Energy-Related Activities in the OSCE Region" and the 15th Anniversary of the…
The Court of Justice of the European Union has accepted the recourse presented by the European Platform Against Windfarms . The Commission has failed to conduct technical studies calculating how many…
Ireland’s Presidency of the EU draws to a close in 12 days time. Some of its notable environmental achievements to date include: improvement of water quality, a prosess for regulating aviation…
Russian environmental organizations decided to hold a Day of Action on June 25, which aims to draw public attention to the Aarhus Convention and to encourage the Russian authorities to its speedy…
In interest of ratifying the Aarhus Convention, the Swiss senate has requested that the Environmental Commission discuss its implementation. Some argue that the Convention will only lead to more…
The European Commission has released a new Nuclear Safety Directive which substantially strenghtens the provisions of the existing directive by introducing EU wide safety objections, creating a…
On April 11th, 2013 the European Court of Justice ruled that Persons should not be prevented from seeking, or pursuing a claim for, a review by the courts of environmental matters because of the…