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For Love and Freedom on Clean Mother-Earth!
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"ECODEFENSE!inform"environmental inform-bulletin * number 27-28
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.............................................* SEPTEMBER 1994 *
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"ECODEFENSE!"
Moskovsky prospekt 120-34
236006 Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg
Russia
telephone +7 0112 437286
E-mail: ecodefense@glas.apc.org
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CONTENT
NEWS
Organization
CFE FOUNDATION TO OPEN OFFICE IN SCANDINAVIA
Attention
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS FROM THE BANKS
Plan'95
NG0 - FORUM 1995 SOCIAL SUMMIT
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BBC Summary of World Broadcasts September 15, 1994, Pakistan
confirms having M-11 missiles as US warns of sanctions: Press
Trust of India news agency, New Delhi, 8 Sep 94: Pakistan has
confirmed it has Chinese M-11 missiles capable of carrying
nuclear devices
Election result won't affect German nuclear plans By J.
Terence Gallagher BONN, Sept 18 (Reuter) - Germany's main
political parties have drawn their battle lines over nuclear
energy but the country's policy is unlikely to change quickly
Sept. 19, 1994 Germany RESEARCH MINISTRY TO PUSH
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS WASHINGTON (BNA) -- The
German Research Ministry Aug. 24 unveiled the new "Production
2000" program aimed at developing environmentally friendly
09/19 Germany urges world action on nuclear trafficking
VIENNA, Sept 19 (Reuter) - Germany expressed growing concern
on Monday over trafficking in weapons-grade nuclear material
and demanded the world act urgently against a black market
trade. The call came at
09/19 Russia-German experts discuss nuclear security BONN,
Sept 19 (Reuter) - A battle by Russia and Germany to fight
nuclear smuggling topped the agenda for talks on Monday
between top security chiefs of both states. Russia's
counter-intelligence boss
Sept 19, 1994 Marine Pollution INTERNATIONAL BEACH CLEANUP NETS
15 NEW COUNTRIES, INCLUDING POLAND, LITHUANIA WASHINGTON (BNA)
Volunteers from 39 countries cleaned up debris along 5,572
miles of ocean and inland shoreline, a report by the Center
for Marine
The environmental group Clean Izhora, is organizing a
Scientific-Practical Conference to be held October 4-7, 1994
in Sankt-Petersburg. The conference will cover environmental
education, radio-ecology, radio-biology, the fundamentals of
dosimetry and radiation and chemical monitoring. To attend,
send name, date and place of birth, passport number and fax
number to: Organizational Committee, e-mail:
izhora@lnpi.spb.su ; fax +7 812 7137196; contact: Stella
Miroshkina tel.+7 812 7139238 or Tanya Baranova tel.+7 812
7146494 (Source: Surviving Together no.3 1994)
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CFE FOUNDATION TO OPEN OFFICE IN SCANDINAVIA
CFE Foundation intends to open a liaison office in Scandinavia
to coordinate efforts aimed at the problem of CHEMICAL WEAPONS
DUMPED IN THE NORTH EUROPEAN SEAS. The Foundation is currently
SEEKING PARTNERS IN SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK OR OTHER NORTH
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - research centers, NGOs, corporations,
publications, individuals - interested in the CFE's PROGRAMS:
-THREAT ASSESSMENT(1): 300,000 tons of sunk chemical weapons
and the risks of contamination for the human population;
THREAT ASSESSMENT (2): toxic effect on sealife and biological
chains, genetical consequences; -DATA BASE: exact locations of
dumping sites, dates of dumping operations, earlier research
findings, facts of leakage, state of corrosion, other details;
-TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING: developments in technologies,
instruments, equipment, monitoring systems, weapon destruction
processes, know-how applicable to the problem of dumped CW;
-RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS: bulletins, articles, conferences,
public support actions, fund-raising, pre-caution measures.
For more information, please contact CFE's main office in
Moscow or USA:
MAIN OFFICE (Moscow): U.S. OFFICE:
Fax (7095) 202 0816 Fax (1717) 876 6199
E-mail: CFE@glas.apc.org E-mail: NIER@aol.com
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ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS FROM THE BANKS
- ESTONIA * The EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) is appraising an ECU
48,844,636 (US$58,613,563) Tallinn Water and Environment
project. The project will make possible new investments and
rehabilitation in water treatment, groundwater abstraction,
water distribution network, sewage network and wastewater
treatment. It will also include restructuring of waterworks
into an independent water company. A twinning arrangement
between Tallinn waterworks and Helsinki waterworks will be
utilized to secure long-term technical assistance in project
implementation and company restructuring. Contact: EBRD, One
Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH, tel. +44- 71-338-6000, fax
+44-71-338-6100
- LATVIA * The WORLD BANK is preparing for a US$50
million Energy Rehabilitation project which is likely to
include: a) rehabilitation of the suburban Riga and Jelgava
district heating network, through leakage abatement and repair
and installation of flow control facilities; and b) a pilot
program for conversion of small heating boilers to domestic
fuels. The project will aim to improve the efficiency and
reliability of Latvian energy production and distribution, and
will also promote policy and institutional reforms in the
energy sector. The implementing agency for the project will be
the Latvian Ministry of Economy. Contact: Mr. Salem Ouahes,
Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2430, fax (202) 477-3285
- LITHUANIA * The EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) is preparing an ECU
61,726,738 (US$74,627,626) Kaunas Environmental project to
improve environmental conditions in the Neris and Nemunas
rivers, the Curonian Bay and the Baltic by introducing
waste-water treatment in and improved sewage collection from
the City of Kaunas; to improve water quality supply and system
efficiency by extension of well fields and rehabilitation of
network and facilities; and to restructure, streamline, and
corporatize the water enterprise. Contact: EBRD, One Exchange
Square, London EC2A 2EH, tel. +44-71-338- 6000, fax
+44-71-338-6100
The WORLD BANK is preparing for three projects in Latvia. The
first, a US$7 million Coastal Environment project that will
assist in developing wastewater treatment in Klaipeda with a
view to improving local beaches to promote tourism, is
presently being appraised in the field. The implementing
agency will be the Environmental Protection Directorate
General. The second project, a US$30 million Agriculture
project, would support reform and restructuring of the
agriculture and forestry sectors through policy reforms and
investments. Its implementing agency would be the Lithuanian
Ministry of Agriculture. The third, a US$26.4 million Power
Rehabilitation project, has been approved by World Bank
Executive Directors. The project includes: a) rehabilitation
of old units at existing thermal power plants; b)
instrumentation and communications and control equipment, for
the dispatch center and substations; and c) technical
assistance. This project will be implemented by the Lithuania
State Power System (LSPS) and the Lithuanian Ministry of
Energy. Contact for the Coastal Environment project: Mr.
Steven Lintner, Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2508, fax (202)
477-0568. Contact for the Agriculture project: Ms. Hoonae Kim,
Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2550, fax (202) 522-0073. Contact
for the Power Rehabilitation project: Mr. Achilles
Adamantiades, Task Manager, tel. (202) 473-2417, fax (202)
522-0078
- POLAND * The EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) is appraising two
projects: a) an ECU 68 million Gdansk Environmental Project,
which phased out investment comprising waste-water collection
and treatment, including sludges; and b) an ECU 100,800,000
(US$121,867,200) Black Triangle Gas Conversion project which
would replace coke oven gas with natural gas, expand and
upgrade the gas transmission and distribution system of Lower
Silesia, and construct the first interconnection of the Polish
gas system with the western European network. The EBRD is also
preparing for an ECU 59,800,000 (US$72,298,200) Lodz
Environmental project, which would involve construction of a
waste-water treatment plant (300,000 cubic meters/day) and
completion of several main sewers. Contact: EBRD, One Exchange
Square, London EC2A 2EH, tel. +44-71-338- 6000, fax
+44-71-338-6100
The WORLD BANK is negotiating two projects in Poland. The
first, a US$45 million Katowice District Heating project, will
include: a) investments to optimize the existing district
heating method of Katowice, to enhance energy conservation and
efficiency, and to reduce pollution; b) a local boiler
elimination/conversion program; and c) technical assistance.
The implementing agency in Poland for this project will be the
Przedsiebiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej (PEC). The second project
is a US$150 million Power Privatization project, which will
create a Private Sector Investment Fund to help finance
rehabilitation and environmental retrofitting investments in
the Polish power sector under off-budget limited recourse
financing arrangements with private investors. The Polish
Power Grid Company will be the implementing agency. Contact
for both projects: Mr. Hank Busc, Task Manager, tel. (202)
473-2686, fax (202) 477-0069
Source: Kompass Resource International 2/11 september'94
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