6 January, 1999 Toxics release in Southern Spain
Local controls and European Union laws failed once more when a dam broke in southern Spain and thousands of cubic metres of toxic acid were released into the Sea, said WWF today.
by Claude Martin
As efforts to halt climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions are held up by the reluctance of industrial nations to take strong action, hopes that forests might be used to absorb the greenhouse gas have been dashed by research showing that climate change may turn forests into net producers of C02