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EIB asked to review environmental impact of Spanish high-speed train project
The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has asked the European Investment Bank (EIB) to review the environmental impact of a planned high-speed railway line going through Barcelona, Spain. This follows a complaint from a resident of Barcelona, who alleged that the tunnel project for the train would cause serious environmental damage. In the complainant`s view, the EIB`s agreement to co-finance this segment of the project was wrong. During his investigation, the Ombudsman could not find any record of a proper review by the EIB of the environmental impact assessment for the segment of ... |
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US environmentalists finally have a leader
On Thursday last week, politician-turned-activist Al Gore called for the United States to rely 100 percent on zero-carbon sources of electricity by 2018. Regardless of the logistical practicality of the goal or of the existence of political will to achieve this target in a single decade, Gore`s statements made it clear: the US environmental movement finally has a leader. In the 20 years since global warming first entered the conscience of environmentalists, the ability to motivate progressive change has been, to put it mildly, a struggle. The opinions of scientific skeptics, supported by the fossil ... |
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