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Draft Motion for a Resolution prepared for the EU Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, March 2016
Draft Motion prepared by Rapporteurs Pavel Poc (Socialists and Democrats Group), Kateřina Konečná on behalf of the European United Left and Nordic Green Left group, Bas Eickhout of the Greens / European Free Alliance Group, Piernicola Pedicini of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group, Mark Demesmaeker, Sirpa Pietikäinen and Frédérique Ries. This draft Motion was carried forward for the vote in a Parliamentary Plenary Session in April 2016.
zanimljivosti Opasni otrovi! Glyphosate: EU draft Motion, March 2016
Rosetta’s Kitchen in North Carolina now dishes up donated animal products to weather steep losses and feed people in need – but not all are happy with the change
One day in October, a trailer with an unusual delivery pulled up outside Rosetta’s Kitchen, a beloved vegan restaurant in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.
The contents: 1,500lbs of donated frozen meat, destined for area residents eating free meals at the restaurant after Hurricane Helene battered the region in late September.
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Ministers set out plans for outlawing neonicotinoids but considering application by farmers to use Cruiser SB
Bee-killing pesticides are to be banned by the UK government, as ministers set out plans to outlaw the use of neonicotinoids.
However, the highly toxic neonicotinoid Cruiser SB could be allowed for use next year, as ministers are considering applications from the National Farmers’ Union and British Sugar.
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Protester Anna Holland says their shock at being behind bars was quickly followed by a stronger feeling of power
Anna Holland, 22, was one of two young peoplefrom Just Stop Oil who threw tomato soup overa sunflowers painting by Vincentvan Gogh – one of thehighest-profile climate protests of recent years. The painting was not damaged, although there was damage to the frame.Holland was sentenced to 20 months in prison.They sent this letter to the Guardian abouttheir experiencebehind bars.
It was a shock at first that the judge had gone to the extreme of our sentence. The first few days and nights in prison were hard but also such an education. So many of the women I have met here are in prison because they were not properly protected by the state, so they have taken me under their wing. I have been looked after, taught the ways of prison, not by the staff but by the other prisoners. It is like nothing I had expected and it is completely overwhelming – but also surprising how quickly I found myself falling into the daily routine.
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As the deadly fungal disease tightens its grip, scientific efforts to protect ash trees are advancing
The UK is home to more than 100m mature ash trees, and every spring tells the same grim story: leaves emerge, wither and drop within weeks, as ash dieback disease tightens its grip.
Millions stand dead in woodlands and hedgerows across the British Isles, with an estimated 2bn seedlings and saplings at risk. Many experts have long feared the future of this cherished, ecologically important native tree hangs in the balance.
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New research comes as dozens of small potential fields have received some form of license from the government
Potential new North Sea oil and gas fields with early stage licences from the UK would emit as much carbon dioxide as British households produce in three decades.
The finding has led to calls to the government to reject demands from fossil fuel producers for the final permits needed to allow their operations to go ahead.
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Scientists surprised to find so many animals unknown to science in Alto Mayo, a well-populated region
Researchers in the Alto Mayo region of north-west Peru have discovered 27 species that are new to science, including a rare amphibious mouse, a tree-climbing salamander and an unusual “blob-headed fish”. The 38-day survey recorded more than 2,000 species of wildlife and plants.
The findings are particularly surprising given the region’s high human population density, with significant pressures including deforestation and agriculture.
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Critically endangered grasslands in Tasmania’s Midlands were being destroyed by agriculture, but an innovative partnership has protected the remaining ecosystem – and local farmers’ profits
When Tasmania’s lowland native grasslands were first recommended for national listing as a critically endangered ecosystem in 2007, mistrust between farmers and conservationists was high.
“We walked out of a stakeholder meeting in the Ross pub,” says Simon Foster, whose family have been farming on the Midlands since 1823.
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Researchers in North Carolina used underwater sonar to map a system created by enslaved people centuries ago
As a former deputy state underwater archaeologist, Mark Wilde-Ramsing can’t help but look down. While rowing around North Carolina’s Eagles Island, at the tip of the Gullah Geechee corridor, he noticed signs of human-made structures, visible at low tide. Though he’d retired, he was still active in the field and knew his former agency hadn’t recorded the structures – which meant he had come across something previously undocumented. The next step was figuring out exactly what he’d found.
Wilde-Ramsing knew the area had once been full of rice fields. His neighbor, Joni “Osku” Backstrom, was an assistant professor in the department of environmental sciences at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington whose specialty was shallow-water sonar, and he had the skills and technology to explore the area. Using a sonar device, the duo detected 45 wooden structures in the river, and the remote sensing tool allowed Backstrom and Wilde-Ramsing to acoustically map the canal beds.
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Wreckage from Spain’s worst natural disaster this century may have been cleared but life for many remains in disarray
The warm Valencia air, still thick with dust and carrying a residual note of mud and damp concrete, begins to reek on the approach to the roadside dump where diggers toil, gulls scavenge and the detritus of countless everyday lives rises in mounds.
Almost two months on, the legacy of the worst natural disaster to hit Spain this century is equally evident in the oranges rotting on the trees, in the tens of thousands of cars stacked in makeshift graveyards, and in the fatigue of all those who still queue daily for food, nappies and toilet roll.
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Here are the simplest ways to have a sustainable summer holiday
With Australia’s love of an annual beach holiday comes a revolving door of new “must have” gear: sunshades, blow-up toys, fold-out chairs and endless gadgets to keep us entertained.
But how much of it do we really need, and what are the simplest ways to reduce your environmental footprint in the sand?
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Večernji obroci mogu utjecati na metaboličko zdravlje, upozorava nedavno objavljena studija. Naime, konzumirati više od 45% dnevnog unosa kalorija nakon 17 sati, može pridonijeti višim razinama glukoze u krvi kod starijih osoba s predijabetesom ili ranim dijabetesom tipa 2, a loše regulirana razina glukoze u krvi može tijekom vremena pridonijeti razvoju dijabetesa tipa 2, većem kardiovaskularnom riziku i kroničnoj upali.
U novoj velikoj studiji otkriveno je da su genetske varijante koje povećavaju mogućnost disleksije povezane s razlikama u područjima mozga koja su uključena u motoričku koordinaciju, vid i jezik.
Ispijanje više šalica kave tijekom dana može pomoći u sprječavanju kognitivnog pada kod osoba s fibrilacijom atrija, ukazuju rezultati novog istraživanja. Inače, fibrilacija atrija je najčešći poremećaj srčanog ritma u odraslih osoba koji povećava rizik od demencije.
Nova studija pokazala je da se plazmatske razine proteina znanog kao placentni faktor rasta (PlGF), potencijalno mogu koristiti kao biomarker za probir i praćenje kognitivnih oštećenja i demencije.
Prema rezultatima nove studije dodatak stereotaktičke radioterapije tijela (SBRT) sistemskoj terapiji sorafenibom značajno poboljšava preživljenje bez progresije bolesti (PFS) i vrijeme do progresije u bolesnika s lokalno uznapredovalim hepatocelularnim karcinomom.
Rezultati nove studije pokazali su da većina hranjivih tvari dobivenih iz jaja (lecitini, apolipoproteini i nezasićene masne kiseline) nije povezana s povećanim rizikom od pretilosti. Iznenađujuće, većina istraživanja sugerira da te hranjive tvari smanjuju vjerojatnost pretilosti putem regulacije metabolizma lipida.
Poznato je da sleep apneja pridonosi srčanim problemima, dijabetesu i bolestima jetre. No, čini se da ona također ima izravne učinke na zdravlje mozga, pokazuje nova studija. Naime, pokazalo se da osobe sa sleep apnejom doživljavaju ubrzano starenje bijele tvari mozga, koja služi za povezivanje različitih regija mozga.
Rezultati nove studije ukazuju da zanemarena vrsta neizravnog oštećenja mozga pridonosi trajnoj invalidnosti nakon moždanog udara. Naime, pokazalo se, da je talamus - neka vrsta središnjeg mrežnog čvorišta koje regulira funkcije kao što su jezik, pamćenje, pažnja i kretanje - pogođen mjesecima ili godinama nakon što je osoba doživjela moždani udar.
Znanstvenici upozoravaju da su ljudi koji žive s neurodegenerativnim bolestima poput demencije ili Parkinsonove bolesti posebno osjetljivi na pogoršanje zdravlja uslijed toplinskih valova zbog većeg rizika od komplikacija povezanih s vrućinom.
Unatoč medicinskim smjernicama koje podržavaju upotrebu antivirusnih lijekova kod male djece s dijagnozom gripe, nedavna studija izvješćuje o premaloj upotrebi spomenutih lijekova. Inače, gripa čini do 10% svih pedijatrijskih hospitalizacija tijekom zimske sezone.
Doba u kojem živimo obilježeno je sve bržim promjenama koje se name?‡u morskom okolišu, a gotovo za sve odgovorni su ljudi. Obalna zona Sredozemlja, pa tako i našeg Jadranskoga mora, mjesto je na kojemu obitava više od polovice ukupnog stanovništva Mediterana te zbog toga ovo usko područje predstavlja i jedan od najugroženijih morskih okoliša.
U našem dijelu svijeta, koji zovemo zapadnim i smatramo razvijenim, prije samo 50 godina nisu sve žene imale pravo glasa na izborima, nisu imale jednak pristup obrazovanju, nisu mogle voditi države i nisu imale pristup visokim pozicijama u poslovnom svijetu.
Gotovo svi su upoznati s činjenicom kako oceani i mora prekrivaju više od 70 % površine Zemlje. Me?‘utim, nedovoljno je prepoznato kako su oceani, mora i obalna područja esencijalni dio Zemljinih ekosustava te kako o njima ovisi cijelo čovječanstvo, bilo na obali ili u dubokoj unutrašnjosti kontinenata! Zašto?
Ovaj cilj održivog razvoja odnosi se na ostvarivanje održive proizvodnje i potrošnje u čemu trenutačno ne uspijevamo jer je ekološki otisak koji ostavljamo i dalje ve?‡i od resursa koje imamo na raspolaganju. Dakle, potrebno je promijeniti načine na koji proizvodimo hranu, smanjiti bacanje hrane, pove?‡ati udjele obnovljive izvore energije u ukupnoj proizvodnji energije, pravilno gospodariti otpadom tijekom čitavog njegovog životnog ciklusa kako bi, me?‘u ostalim što manje utjecali na zaga?‘enje zraka, vode i tla.
Razvoj industrije i infrastrukture kao temelja za pove?‡anje životnog standarda za sve ljude, uz okolišno prihvatljiva rješenja te uključivanje novih tehnologija tema je cilja održivog razvoja koji se odnosi na okolišno prihvatljivu industrijalizaciju, kvalitetnu, pouzdanu, održivu i prilagodljivu infrastrukturu, a sve uz primjenu novih tehnologija, istraživanja i inovacija.
