Environment
E-waste is mostly landfilled, harming environment instead of being recycled
24 July 2020 - The world is far behind international targets in tracking and recycling e-waste, a comprehensive report...
Climate change challenges for chemicals sector are increasing
23 July 2020 - Storms, floods, droughts and heat will disrupt the supply of chemicals as climate change impact...
Norway sets aside EUR 2.1 billion to develop carbon capture, storage
22 July 2020 - Equinor is working with Shell and Total on transferring liquefied CO2 through a pipeline to...
EU cuts Just Transition Fund to EUR 10 billion in COVID-19 recovery deal
21 July 2020 - The European Council reached an agreement on the seven-year budget through 2027 including a mechanism...
Ten units of Western Balkan thermal power plants must be shut down by 2023
21 July 2020 - Ten units of coal-fired power plants in total will be shut down by the end of 2023 in BiH, Montenegro and Serbia, according to the Energy Transition Tracker
Reducing use of coal to get cleaner air in Sarajevo
20 July 2020 - Authorities in Sarajevo plan to limit the use of coal in order to start solving...
CINS: Official air quality monitoring data for Serbia are unreliable
20 July 2020 - Some automatic stations that measure air pollution in Serbia were out of service for years...
Fool’s Gold: Financial institutions waste billions on coal, undermining climate action
15 July 2020 - European financial institutions and international investors and banks including BlackRock and Japanese megabanks are keeping...
Cyclists ask European Parliament to add bicycle infrastructure, incentives
14 July 2020 - EU lawmakers and cycling organizations pressed European Parliament President David Sassoli and Secretary-General Klaus Welle...
Carbon prices jump in EU, taking industrial pollution costs to 14-year high
14 July 2020 - Expenses for greenhouse gas emissions at factories and energy producers briefly surged to a level...
Energy Community urges BiH to scrap feed-in tariffs for hydropower
13 July 2020 - Renewable energy installations of a maximum of 500 kW and demonstration projects are the only...
Serbia delays public discussion on plan for Kolubara B thermal power plant
13 July 2020 - The coronavirus has prompted the Government of Serbia to shelve the public discussion on the...
Global warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius could be breached within five years – WMO
11 July 2020 - The United Kingdom’s Met Office leads the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, which is...
Eighty Croatian organizations demand green recovery from newly elected lawmakers
11 July 2020 - Renewable energy sources and investments in knowledge, innovations and people and domestic resources must be...
Natasa Pilides named Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry of Cyprus
08 July 2020 - New Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides is assuming the position on July...
Top 3 most read articles in June
03 July 2020 - Here are the top 3 most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in June....