Environment
Serbia publishes draft environmental protection strategy – green agenda 2024-2033
11 September 2024 - The consultations will last until October 3, as announced by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Serbia
Rio Tinto’s CEO makes six promises to people of Serbia regarding Jadar lithium project
09 September 2024 - Rio Tinto's CEO Jakob Stausholm visited western Serbia to promise that the Jadar project for a lithium mine and processing unit is safe
Faculty of Biology: Optimal measure to prevent negative impact is to abandon Jadar project
09 September 2024 - The faculty has issued a statement on the three drafts of environmental impact assessment studies for the Jadar lithium project in Serbia
Serbian White Book on Waste-to-Energy presented in Belgrade
07 September 2024 - The types and composition of generated waste must be determined to be able to manage it, according to the authors of the Serbian White Book on Waste-to-Energy
Lithium mining plans deepen divisions within Serbia
02 September 2024 - Environmentalists held a protest because of charges that campaigners against lithium mining are facing. The Ministry of Mining and Energy said it received an anonymous threat related to Rio Tinto's Jadar project.
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