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Business NewsWhat do Czech industries think of the EU Emissions Trading plan?
Next year the European Union will launch the opening phase of its ambitious
Emissions Trading programme, which planners hope will help to reduce the
union's overall greenhouse gas emissions. In line with the EU Emissions
Trading Directive, as of 2005 individual EU members will be required to
meet pre-set emissions caps spelled out in countries' National Allocation
Plans. However, companies affected under the legislation will also be
given emissions allowances, which, if saved, will be possible to trade as
credit on a newly-emerging - and some believe - potentially lucrative
market.
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Current AffairsOld cars must be dismantled in official scrap yards under new EU regulations
Abandoning an old car without a licence plate in a remote area used to be a
common way of getting rid of an unwanted vehicle here in the Czech
Republic. But European Union accession has changed the rules for drivers
as well as for owners of car breaking yards.
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Czech ScienceCzech scientists: health effects of air pollution in humans can show after decades
Pioneering research by Czech scientists suggests that the quality of the
air we breathe may affect our health for decades to come. In the early
1980s the most serious pollutant in this country was sulphur dioxide,
produced mainly by coal-fired power plants and households using coal for
heating.
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Countdown to EuropeCountdown to Europe
In the fourteen years since the fall of communism the Czech Republic has
made great efforts to repair the damage caused by decades of environmental
neglect. With the installation of de-sulphurization equipment at all
industrial facilities, the state of the air we breathe has significantly
improved. Strict new laws and regulations have reduced the pollution of
rivers and soil to such an extent that rare species of wild life have
returned to their one-time habitats. A great deal still needs to be done
and Czechs need to become more environment conscious on a day to day
basis, but even now one can say that the country has overcome the biggest
hurdles on the road to becoming an environment friendly member of the
European community. The country is due to join the EU on May 1st and we
asked Jakub Kaspar of the Czech Environment Ministry what remains to be
done in the coming weeks.
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