The CC stated that laws that may have a significant impact on the environment must be comprehensively assessed, balancing public welfare, environmental and economic interests. The chairman of the court, Aldis Lavins, commenting on the decision at a press conference, drew special attention to the fact that the verdict has retroactive effect, since the contested … Read more
The average air temperature in the first month of spring in Latvia was +3.4 degrees, which is 3.2 degrees above the March norm, according to data from the Latvian Center for Environment, Geology and Meteorology, writes LETA. Previously, March was so warm in 2014 and 2015, while the record belongs to 2007, when the average … Read more
At midnight in Daugavpils it was +18.3 degrees. The previous highest temperature recorded in Latvia’s second largest city on April 1 was +17.2 degrees in 1990. The heat record on April 1 also improved in Aluksne, where it was +14.9 degrees in the middle of the night, as well as in Dagda, where the thermometer … Read more
Concentrations of PM10 suspended particulate matter, or dust up to 10 micrometers in diameter, reached 187 micrograms per cubic meter on Kronvalda Boulevard and 237 micrograms per cubic meter on Krisjan Valdemar Street at 9 a.m. Air quality becomes poor when this indicator rises above 50, and is particularly poor when the average daily concentration … Read more
The highest air temperature in the country by 16:00 on Tuesday in Daugavpils was +22.3 degrees, which is a new national heat record for April 2, according to data from the Latvian Center for Environment, Geology and Meteorology. The previous highest air temperature recorded in the country on the second day of April was +20.4 … Read more
“The oil terminal in Butinge will be the cleanest and technically exemplary terminal on the Baltic Sea coast,” said the general director of the oil terminal almost 17 years ago. Just six months after the first oil tanker moored at the terminal, the first oil leak occurred, amounting to almost three and a half tons. … Read more
This idea itself is not new, but now scientists seem to have found a way to test their theory experimentally. The leadership of the European Center for Particle Research (CERN) has approved an experiment that will help prove the existence of such “ghosts”. The device that allows this experiment to be carried out is more … Read more