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Environment: more rigorous assessments of the certification bodies

Posted on 2 dicembre 2011
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Rome, 24 nov. (Adnkronos) – signed a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of the environment and the single national accreditation Institution Sinal born born of the merger of SINAL and SINCERT, with the contribution of the SIT and ISS and recognized by the State, almost two years. The Protocol aims to “ensure the proper functioning of the system of accreditation of certification and inspection bodies, in the areas of competence of the Ministry thus significantly extend the activities of the institution in matters of environment”. In particular activities for certification of evaluators in gas emissions greenhouse operators in sector for the production of biofuels and EMAS certificates.

The last activity represents an important recognition in terms of good environmental management. Is granted, on request, non-profit organization, the competent bodies designated by the Member States (Italy, until now, the Committee for the eco-label and EMAS Eco-section), in accordance with a procedure which, in addition to resume the overall relevance of the environmental statement validated by the certified environmental auditor will ask for the opinion to local environmental authorities (Italy regional agencies and provinces for harp of the environment and APPA).

EMAS certificates, such as the UNI EN ISO 14001 certification for environmental management systems, the consecration of the ability of a company to manage in the best practices of how environmental, communicate outside the results obtained, through the environmental statement. In the binding context, you insert instead the accreditation system of exchange of emission rights, namely the European regulation which imposes a limitation of emissions of Co2 from large facilities, with the ultimate objective of the reduction envisaged by the Kyoto Protocol.

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Food for children “double pyramid” food and the environment

Posted on 10 settembre 2011
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Rome, July 6. (Adnkronos) – cereals, fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy products per day. The flesh of 2-3 times a week at least 3 times, fish, vegetables, cheese at least 2 times and 2 times 1-2 eggs twice a week. “Is this the optimum composition of the diet of a weekly child Barilla Center for Nutrition & Food, today presented in Rome on nutrition and the environment of the Congress: a greener planet for our children.” He presented a study which gives special attention to childhood and adolescence, stressing the importance of adopting healthy eating habits and correct from an early age, every day alternating all major foods. And offering a “double” environment and food pyramid on which to rely.

The daily caloric intake should be divided into 5 meals: breakfast should contribute to 20%, the middle of the morning snack for lunch, 5% to 35%, convocation afternoon for the 10% and 30% for dinner. At the same time the experts of the Barilla Centre offering model of “double pyramid”, which is based on three main index: land consumption, generation of greenhouse emissions of gas and water (footprint on the water).

Reclassify foods based on their consumption of land, the model of “double pyramid” shows how the food so it is recommended to use most often are also those that determine the environmental impacts. On the contrary, foods which recommends reduced consumption are those that cause the greatest impact on the health of the planet.

The study also shows how cooking techniques used in the preparation of food will mean differently on the environment. For example: take half a litre of water and less for cooking on a gas ring half a kilogram of pasta, reduces the impact of the cooking of 7%, equal to 30 g of CO2.

According to the Global Footprint Network (Gfn), for a citizen of the country food consumption, income is the first entry in terms of environmental impact, focusing on the overall ecological footprint approximately 30-40%. For the average citizen are 42 metres of comprehensive frameworks for food, against a world average of 60 to operate. Study of the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition emerges that comparing two daily menus both balanced nutritionally, both in terms of caloric intake than nutrients, a menu focused on animal proteins transformed from primarily the flesh has a two and a half times more than vegetarian: 42 to 16.

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ENVIRONMENT: BERSANI FLY AND ECODEM ‘ INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ITALY

Posted on 15 agosto 2011
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(ASCA) – Rome, Aug 2-”I thank the Ecodem main

the water in the River great change taking it from the side

Green, a border to the border of the new development.

Growth and development of the environment

beauty, the common good and solidarity. With these

principles, we can give an overview of the prosperity of the country.

It is our task: to demonstrate that the other

recipe you can make progress “. With these words.

Pier Luigi Bersani, National Secretary of the Pd, opened the

his speech to the National Party of ecologists

Democrats in swing to San Gimignano (Siena), in a

national debate with the President of the Ecodem, Fabrizio

Vigni.

Pier Luigi Bersani, after dealing with subjects

Italian related to the general economic situation and

world, he emphasized the need, after the

referendum on nuclear energy, “a new plan

national energy. Energy efficiency, renewable energies and

gas-said-are the priorities of a new strategy.

For the next twenty years, in a phase of transition towards

a future increasingly based on clean energy, and ‘

necessary integration of gas (including by the)

extraction techniques modern that allow you to locate

(alternative deposit) and renewable energy. We need to

for the distribution of gas plants to support such a

promotion of clean balanced power “. Objectives

-reads a note – with those contained in the

document on the new energy plan proposed by the Ecodem.

“The theme of the environment, continue Pier Luigi Bersani

-It is closely related to the activities

productive.

The virtuous economy of growth is increasingly

inevitably, by research, innovation,

quality, as rightly noted by environmentalists

Democrats. Unfortunately, in recent years, with the Centre.

We have taken measures dramatic return “.

“The environment is not only a valuable heritage of

our country-concluded the Pd – but Secretary represents

a wheel inertia for innovation, employment and development

the economy “.

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ENERGY: PRESTIGIACOMO, ORDER ESSENTIAL FOR THE CCS STORAGE ENVIRONMENT

Posted on 8 agosto 2011
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(ASCA) – Rome, 28 Jul-”the approval by the

Decree of the Council of Ministers on the capture

and storage of Co2 represents a normative base

essential to allow the development in Italy of this

the technology of the environment “. The Minister

Stefania Prestigiacomo environment.

“CCS (carbon sequestration).

the Minister will make to avoid placing

in large quantities in the atmosphere of greenhouse gases produced by

plants powered by fossil fuels, store Co2

in geological deposits. These facilities will also be

to facilitate the achievement of the objectives of reduction

emissions set for our country treaties

International. In Italy, it has already undertaken a project

providing for the creation of an initial planting in Porto Tolle

funded by Europeans, energy programmes

After the experimentation done positively in

ENEL Brindisi “.

With the Legislative Decree launched by the Council of

The Ministers will define the procedures and measures of protection for transport

CO2 and the identification of appropriate storage sites

greenhouse gases.

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