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Gagesti, Romania is the location of Chevron’s third shale gas exploration bore and though it has not experienced protests or violence however it is not without tension.

(Original in French) Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Achim Steiner, performed yesterday, Monday, a two day working visit to Algeria.

Birmingham Post: There are dangers in making significant and hasty policy changes without providing the necessary information and consultation processes to the public

The Copenhagen Post - Extending working hours without consulting neighbours may have been against the law

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Controversy surrounding noise standards applied to wind Walloon. The residents of the "Ridias" project Gembloux La Bruyère and complained to the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament. They accuse the Walloon authorities have "hidden" data to exceed the standards.

Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

Original article in Spanish None of the applications of Ecologists in Action on geological reports of the land where it intends to build the ATC have fulfilled its purpose. The Ministry of Industry and the City of Villar de Cañas say they have no reports. ENRESA (after a month) asked for more papers, unnecessary under the law governing "environmental information". Ecologists in Action, this shows that the land is not suitable.

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Original article in Russian December 28 on the Norwegian state-owned company «Statoil» oil platform «Statfjord A» in the North Sea leak oil and gas. The accident was so dangerous and serious that some employees «Statfjord A» were evacuated by helicopter.

Article by Claudio Mereu and Koen Van Maldegem - Mondaq

(Original article in German) - Leipziger Internet Zeitung - Ralf Julke

The Irish Times - Council warns of risks of ‘light touch’ regulatory approach to renewable energy

Montreal, 17 December 2013 – The Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety reached the halfway mark to entry into force after Hungary deposited the 20th instrument of ratification on 9 December 2013. The Supplementary Protocol will enter into force on the 90th day after the date of deposit of the 40th instrument of ratification, accession, acceptance or approval by the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

13th December 2013, inaugural address by Muhammad Habibur Rahman (a former chief justice of the Bangladesh Supreme Court and the chief adviser of caretaker government 1996)

(Original article in Spanish) - The judgment of TSJN says he should have provided environmental information requested. Stresses the obligation to broadcast and made available to the public

The Science Communication Unit, University of the West of England, Bristol has produced a Science for Environment Policy In-depth Report on Environmental Citizen Science for the European Commission DG Environment (December 2013)

Reuters - Public will be able to access emissions data from 426 businesses in industrial, agricultural and other sectors.

The following book is now available (also in electronic form): Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making: Implementation of the Aarhus Convention (Hana Müllerová et al., 2013).