Environment
Anti-lithium activists ask Macron for help, Élysée says decision on mining lies with Serbia
29 August 2024 - Serbian environmentalist coalition SEOS has sent a letter to Emmanuel Macron, seeking his support in blocking the lithium mining project
EU’s mining waste rules not fit for new critical raw materials mines
27 August 2024 - The European NGO Transport & Environment commissioned a legal analysis of the 2006 EU Extractive Waste Directive (EWD)
Serbia drafts changes to Law on Energy
22 August 2024 - Public consultations on the draft law on changes and amendments to the Law on Energy will last until September 10
Largest solar grazing agreement: 6,000 sheep to mow grass at eight solar plants
19 August 2024 - The business of using sheep to maintain vegetation is growing quickly. Solar grazing is at the forefront of a booming agrisolar industry
Question isn’t whether lithium in Serbia will be mined or not, but who will do it – Brantner
13 August 2024 - In an interview, Franziska Brantner said lithium is among raw materials necessary for climate action
Protesters in Serbia block railway in campaign to ban lithium mining
11 August 2024 - A series of almost everyday protests for weeks throughout Serbia against lithium mining culminated in a massive rally in Belgrade
Waste-to-energy is win-win solution for Podgorica landfill – minister
09 August 2024 - Municipal waste management utility Deponija in Podgorica plans to build a waste-to-energy facility, its director Aleksandar Božović said
Revised Greek NECP halves initial expenditure sum, keeps focus on renewables
09 August 2024 - Greece aims at a less costly and more realistic energy transition through its revised National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP)
IED 2.0 allows EU citizens to sue industry over health damage from pollution
07 August 2024 - The EU's IED 2.0 law on industrial and livestock rearing emission allows people to seek compensation for health damage from illegal pollution
Zagreb terminates concession for wastewater treatment plant with E.ON, EVN
06 August 2024 - The Zagreb public utility Vodoopskrba i Odvodnja (ViO) has taken over the management of the city's central wastewater treatment plant
Ocean plastic pollution damage could reach USD 731 billion by 2050
06 August 2024 - If the influx of plastic waste into the ocean continues, the potential economic damage could total USD 731 billion by 2050
Protests in Serbia against lithium mining to culminate in Belgrade rally
01 August 2024 - After dozens of gatherings throughout Serbia against Rio Tinto's Jadar project and other potential investments in lithium exploitation, a rally was scheduled for July 10 in Belgrade
Earth Overshoot Day: humanity is consuming natural resources more and more rapidly
31 July 2024 - By August 1, we will have used up all the natural resources that our planet can replenish in a calendar year
Serbian scientists find environmental damage far exceeds benefits of lithium mining
31 July 2024 - A group of Serbian scientists found lithium mining in western Serbia in a populated and fertile area is not profitable given the the environmental risks
BiH demands from Croatia to stop destruction of Una river spring
29 July 2024 - Both entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina urged Croatia to halt the construction of a small hydropower plant at the spring of the Una river
Federation of BiH to get new law on air quality after 21 years
29 July 2024 - The current law dates back to 2003 and it was last amended in 2010. However, the air quality in the country has worsened