at least 120 countries have agreed to become signatories to a un treaty banning or restricting the use of 12 toxic chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants ( pop s). The treaty,

australia will not endorse the Kyoto Protocol. "The Australian government has always said that it will not ratify the treaty ahead of the us ,' said Robert Hill, the country's environment

The long road to a treaty

one flight to and from the us creates more pollution than one average motorist in the uk does in one year. This was revealed by a study conducted by the international environment

Delegates representing more than a hundred