全球首例 澳洲小鎮禁售瓶裝水
有感於製造與運送瓶裝水產生的碳足跡對環境造成重大負擔，澳洲新南威爾斯省、人口只有兩千五百人的邦得努鎮（Bundanoon）八日經過鎮民投票，一致通過，決議自九月起全面禁售瓶裝水。這是澳洲第一個對瓶裝水說「不」的地區，也是全球首例。
對於邦得努鎮幾乎是無異議通過禁售瓶裝水的舉動，環保人士狄宜（Jon Dee）表示，「我們相信，邦得努鎮是全球第一個禁售瓶裝水的城鎮。」也就是，此舉堪稱全球環保措施的創舉 。
瓶裝水自八○年代開始盛行，當時被認為是方便且有益健康；然而，瓶裝水現今被批評是環保的威脅，塑膠瓶難以處理，產製運銷過程還會浪費大量能源。
發起這項運動的鎮民表示，由於飲料公司申請在鎮上興建抽水場，居民不滿外來者抽取當地水源後，大費周章地送回雪梨加工，再回銷給他們，才開始意識到瓶裝水對環境造成的衝擊。
2008年澳洲瓶裝水花費高達5億澳元（約130億台幣），比2007年增加10％。加拿大、英國部分地區與美國至少60個城市，都已決定市內會議等聚會不再使用納稅錢購買瓶裝水，但在邦得努鎮之前，並沒有社區禁售瓶裝水。(聯合新聞網 7/10/09)

Greenpeace urges the G8 to 'heal the world'
Over 100 Greenpeace activists from 15 countries occupied four coal-fired power stations across Italy, demanding that the G8 Heads of State meeting in L'Aquila take decisive leadership on climate change.
Coal is the worst climate change pollutant of all fossil fuels. Greenpeace’s committed activists are calling on the G8 Heads of State to take personal responsibility for averting catastrophic climate change.
The actions in Italy aren't the first time this week that Greenpeace activists have been challenging world leaders to act to save the climate, or drawing attention to the impacts climate change is wreaking on the world.
In Paris, 7 July, Greenpeace activists delivered the 'world' - in the shape of an inflatable globe - to President Lula. Lula was in France to receive the Félix Houphouët-Boigny peace prize at the UNESCO (United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture) headquarters in Paris.
(Greenpeace 7/8/09)

配合巨蛋引爭議 捷運南北線將進入二階環評
台北捷運南北線，7月6日於環保署召開第四次環境影響評估專家小組會議。松菸公園催生聯盟至場外抗議，反對捷運局忽略整體交通規劃之考量，僅為配合尚未確定興建的大巨蛋，選擇轉乘效率較差的方案。此次會議結果：決議捷運南北線進入更嚴謹的二階環評，並附帶建議台北捷運應辦理政策環評。
荒野保護協會保育部主任周東漢抨擊，環評最重要的精神就在於「程序正義」。如今大巨蛋尚未通過都市設計審議與巨蛋環評，在興建與否尚未定案的狀況下，捷運規劃不該以巨蛋做主要考量，而是應該評估整體交通需求。
綠色公民行動聯盟理事長康世昊則表示，捷運本身是好的，捷運工程則未必；如沒考量到沿線居民所受的影響，捷運工程則很可能變成一個讓人「不太快樂」的工程。(苦勞網 7/8/09)

UPS To Cut Additional 20% of Aircraft Emissions UPS
has adopted a plan to cut the carbon emissions of its airline by an additional 20% by 2020, for a cumulative reduction of 42% since 1990.
The goal is lid out in the latest edition of UPS's Sustainability Report, released Tuesday. The aircraft goal is the first of a series of carbon reduction goals that the company plans to set in the coming years .UPS intends to achieve its 2020 airline goals by investing in more fuel-efficient aircraft types and engines; fuel-saving operational initiatives, and the introduction of biofuels.
UPS Airlines claims to be a leader in fuel efficiency in the package delivery sector with an efficiency factor of 1.42 CO2 pounds per Available Ton Mile. (SustainableBusiness.com News 7/8/09)

- CSRone Team