International news 2007


   

10.02.08 : Turkey : Drain on the Mediterranean: rising water usage
02.02.08 : World Wetlands Day 2008
30.01.08 : Waste water treatment: Commission gives France final warning

12.12.07 : After centuries of keeping water out, the Dutch now letting it in
28.11.07 : Next intermediary Big Jump for livingRivers : July 6, 2008 at 3 pm GMT+2

18.11.07 : EU Water Policy and Dialogue with China launched
24.10.07 : France : a Parliament's enquiry about the Rhone's PCB pollution ? (f)
23.10.07 : Ireland's Nitrates Directive gets the green light
23.10.07 : China Diverts River Water to Olympics Rowing Site
19.10.07 : Floods Threaten Vietnam World Heritage Site

18.10.07 : China, EU in Campaign to Clean Up China's Rivers
17.10.07 : Record September Temperatures Extend Southeast Drought
17.10.07 : USA : water discharge norms are not enough respected (f)
16.10.07 : France checks its Flood risks management in the european context (f)
16.10.07 : Biofuels, a danger for water (f)
15.10.07 : South Africa Govt Denies Sewage Spill Into Rivers
12.10.07 : China to Move 4 Million from Three Gorges

11.10.07 : Water industry must adapt to inevitable climate damage

11.10.07 : UK : Insurers Threaten to Stop Flood Protection
11.10.07 : Many French Rivers Polluted by Banned Chemical
10.10.07 : Uganda Flood Victims Risk Death by Hunger, Cholera
09.10.07 :
ECX bans CERs from big hydro projects over EU eligibility uncertainty
08.10.07 : Floods Leave Africans Without Money for Food, School
02.10.07 : Mozambique Plans US$1.7 Bln Hydro-Electric Project
01.10.07 : UK : Severn barrage - environmental godsend or catastrophe?

27.09.07
: China Warns of Catastrophe from Three Gorges Dam

25.09.07 : Warming Shrinks Kashmir's Rivers, Streams - Report
25.09.07 : A global web site for water salubrity
24.09.07 : The European Directive on floods is adopted
21.09.07 : WWF is investigating the PCB pollution in the Rhône River
20.10.07 : UK's enterprises spoil water
20.09.07 : World Bank Loans Bengladesh US$102 Mln for Water Management
18.09.07 : Fears Mount Over More Africa Rain, Floods
18.09.07 : Pesticide "Disaster" in French Caribbean - Report
13.09.07 : Sudan Floods Death Toll Hits 131, More Rain Expected
13.09.07 : EU Halts Court Action Over French Water Pollution
12.09.07 : Flooding Leaves 3.5 Million People Homeless in India

10.09.07 : Water pollution in Texas : Fujicolor pleads guilty
10.07.09 : Flood Death Toll Hits 7 in Romania, Danube Rising
07.09.07 : the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River won the International River Prize
05.09.07 : At Least 87 Dead in West Africa Floods - Red Cross
03.09.07 : As Greek Fires Rage, EU Debates Fighting Drought
31.08.07 : Crude Oil Spill Pollutes Northwest China River
30.08.07 : Drought Catastrophe Stalks Australia's Food Bowl
30.08.07 : Arsenic in Water a Risk to 140 Million People
29.08.07 : UN Says Floods Affect 100,000 Ethiopians
29.08.07 : China Puts Summer Flood Death Toll at 1,138

28.08.07
: Polluted China Rivers Threaten "Sixth" of Population
24.08.07 : Oil slick in the Garonne River : reasons are not explained yet

22.08.07 : Feature - Las Vegas Growth Depends on Dwindling Water Supply
22.08.07 : Construction Begins on Uganda's $799 Million Hydro Dam
20.08.07 : Progress for flood forecasts
20.08.07 : Water, an endangered species (JDLE, Fr)
15.08.07 : Turkey Signs Credit For Controversial Dam Project
08.08.07 : Rhône river is polluted by PCB (JDLE, Fr)
08.08.07 : Seven Die in Bulgaria Floods, Romania Expects Storm
08.08.07 : Flash Floods Kill at Least 14 in Central Nigeria
07.08.07 : Floods everywhere in the world
01.08.07 : Drought Hits 1.2 Million in Central China (Reuters)
01.08.07 : China Floods Put Three Gorges Dam to the Test (Reuters)
31.07.07 : Flooded South Sudan Declares Disaster, 12,000 Hit ( Reuters)

30.07.07 : Gabas Dam : a contested work (JDLE, Fr)
27.07.07 :
Bank loan to improve water supplies in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Edie Newsroom)
27.07.07 : Britain faces more rain as floods death too rises (Reuters)
16.07.07 : Large success for Big Jump 2007 !
03.07.07 : China enforces its Standards for water (JDLE, Fr)
26.06.07 : Erika's lawsuit : hearings conclusions : "Words are free" (Robin Wood) (fr)
26.06.07 : A strange pollution affects the Rhône River (fr)
10.06.07 : Croatia : Euronatur critisises ‘Croatian Suez’
04.06.07 : Croatia : World Bank supports Croatia inland water project
04.06.07 : EU : most of the bathing places fulfil the standards (JDLE, Fr)
29.05.07 : Turkey: Protest against Global Dams Conference
29.05.07 : Italy : Glaciers in the Aosta Valley disappearing fast
16.05.07 : Huge Yangtze Dam Destroying Delta (Live Science)
12.05.07 : Floods and drought: Lloyd’s assesses climate change
09.05.07 :
Four Percent of Global Warming Due to Dams, Says New Research (IRN)
08.05.07 : China plans to divert Brahmaputra waters (The Daily Star)
30.04.07 : Tajikistan plans dam boom (AP)

25.04.07 : Floods : an European frame for the risk management (JDLE, Fr)
25.04.07 : EU : New Floods Directive adopted
19.04.07 : Spain: Climate change and AGUA programme (e,f)
13.04.07 : Southern Europe will suffer more from global warming than North
04.04.07 : Brazil Federal court gives go-ahead for 11GW Belo Monte hydro project EIS
03.04.07 : France : ban on phosphates in washing powder (JDLE, Fr)
30.03.07 : EU Commission : More requirements about pollutants in surface waters (JDLE, Fr)
26.03.07 : lisu dam: Non-governmental organizations criticize German approval of export credit guarantee for Turkish Ilisu dam

25.03.07 : India, Narmada : 58 people released; Medha Patkar and three others continue to be in Tihar jail
23.03.07 : Contentious issues about nitrates (EU): suspended sentence for France (JDLE, Fr)
23.03.07 : First report on the implementation of the WFD by the EU commission
22.03.07 : France : World Water Day : still many efforts to do (JDLE, Fr)
21.03.07 : Tapping the benefits: Failing to ensure clean water will cost EU citizens dear (EEB)
21.03.07 : Spanish industry and farmers face water tax
21.03.07 : Environmentalists in uproar as Iceland pays the price for green energy push

20.03.07 : Going nowhere fast : top rivers face mounting threats (WWF)
14.03.07 : Ilisu Dam Opponents Occupy Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
11.03.07 : Austria decides to give public guarantees for the Ilisu project. In Germany and Switzerland discussions are going on.
09.03.07 : Announcement  : 10th Day of Action against large dam the 14th March
05.03.07 : Spain : more water sent from Tagus to dry southeast
02.03.07 : Ilisu Dam : Turkey issues Germany with an ultimatum - the building site should be protected by 5000 soldiers - 67 NGO write to Mrs Merkel
01.03.07 : Greece : Major problems in Thessaly as illegal dams built on Pineios river
28.02.07 : World Waterday 22 March 2007 : Coping with Water Scarcity
20.02.07 : Greece : Kifissos River can take no more pollution
19.02.07 : climate change is already affectiing European coasts (JDLE, Fr)
15.02.07 : Warming Europe "must adapt water strategy" (Edie)
11.02.07 : Drought in Turkey
11.02.07 : Danube wetland work ahead but not enough
10.02.07 : Greece ­ Water shortages leading to blackout
08.02.07 : 5th World Water Forum, 2009 in Turkey
01.02.07 : Switzerland ­ Shrinking glaciers thawed faster in 2005
28.01.07 : UK - Flood project restores London's lost river
23.01.07 : France : Hydroelectricity : an option that raises matters (JDLE, Fr)
16.01.07 : Algeria : more dams and desalination (JDLE, Fr)

 

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