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Israel accepts UN protocol on air pollution standards

Israel permits granting public access to transparent emissions data in acceding to protocols on air pollution released and  monitoring.

By SHARON UDASIN, MICHAEL WILNER IN NEW YORK

 

In a commitment to grant the public access to transparent emissions data, Israel acceded this week to a UN protocol on air pollution release and monitoring.

Haifa industry

Haifa industry – Photo: Ariel Jerozolimsky

The Kiev Protocol – also known as the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR) – was first adopted at the Aarhus Convention on May 21, 2003, within the framework of the fifth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe” in Kiev.

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