Environment
Paper recycling worsens climate change if fossil fuels are used
06 November 2020 - Wastepaper industry emissions can be almost wiped out with renewables while current practices actually make matters worse
Civil society strengthening nature protection in Shar, Korab-Koritnik region
06 November 2020 - The establishment of Local Action Groups in Albania and Kosovo for the Shar and Korab-Koritnik region is making progress
Voices of discontent over Rio Tinto’s jadarite mine investment in Serbia grow louder
06 November 2020 - When the state has no control over the implementation of its own environmental protection laws, then citizens are forced to protect water, land, and air.
Coffee grounds waste emerging as powerful heating fuel, fertilizer
04 November 2020 - Projects are springing up across the globe for making fuel and fertilizer from coffee dregs, which prevents landfilling
Sarajevo issues caution due to excessive air pollution
02 November 2020 - Authorities in BiH's capital city triggered the first batch of measures to improve air quality as pollution increased.
National emission trading schemes better option for EnC Contracting Parties than cross border carbon tax
30 October 2020 - Introduction of national emission trading schemes similar to the EU ETS is the best solution for CO2 pricing in the Energy Community.
FAO programme to use modern technologies to protect forests on Kosovo*
29 October 2020 - FAO has launched а forestry programme to strengthen sustainable and multipurpose forest management in Kosovo*.
Ugljevik coal power plant in BiH connects desulfurization unit
29 October 2020 - Regular desulfurization finally started in the thermal power plant in Ugljevik. Contractor Mitsubishi Power received a similar order from Serbia.
Update: Site for Tuzla 7 coal project ready as Energy Community hints at sanctions
28 October 2020 - Chinese firms are building a coal plant in Tuzla, but BiH is facing sanctions in the Energy Community over state aid.
Wall Street to roll out water futures as privatization spreads global thirst
27 October 2020 - Climate change and privatization of natural resources are fueling conflicts. Can anyone own water or is it a public good?
Bucharest, Sofia, Zagreb among 24 cities with EU’s highest air pollution costs
27 October 2020 - Bucharest, Sofia, and Zagreb are on the list of with the highest total damage costs of air pollution in Europe.
Zorana Mihajlović to be new energy minister, Irena Vujović to head environmental protection ministry
27 October 2020 - Zorana Mihajlović will be the Minister of Mining and Energy and Irena Vujović will head the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Activist sue city of Zrenjanin over Linglong tyre plant planned investment
23 October 2020 - Građanski preokret asked the court to nullify the City of Zrenjanin's green light for the Linglong tyre plant
Western Balkans suffocating from air pollution as heating season starts
23 October 2020 - The beginning of the heating season in the Western Balkans brought a rise in air pollution once again
Slovenia’s NECP: Local communities, protected areas limit renewables growth
22 October 2020 - Obstruction by local communities and environmental restrictions are the main obstacles for renewables in Slovenia
Bulgaria asks help from European Commission to phase out coal
21 October 2020 - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov asked the European Commission to help countries in the CEE region to phase out coal