environment
Sweden introduces imported good’s emissions in country’s climate targets
15 April 2022 - Swedish lawmakers backed the proposal to include CO2 emissions from the production and transport of imported goods in climate targets
How a young Serbian farmer became a hero of revolt against lithium mining
14 April 2022 - Dragan Simović is well known in Serbia for his authentic appearance and speech, but most of all for his fight against lithium mining
Environmentalists oppose Greece’s plan to accelerate fossil gas exploration, extraction
14 April 2022 - Greece is speeding up exploration activities with the aim to exploit potential oil and gas reserves and build infrastructure
We have to run, not walk, to tackle climate change!
06 April 2022 - The transformation of the energy sector towards renewable energy sources must be accelerated and emissions must be halved by 2030
Activists: Rio Tinto to bring mining equipment to Serbia for its halted lithium project
29 March 2022 - Rio Tinto wants to import a boring machine for the lithium mine shaft after the election even though the project was formally halted, activists learned
Fossil fuel giant Occidental to capture carbon on behalf of Airbus
23 March 2022 - Occidental Petroleum is making the world's biggest CO2 direct air capture and storage system that will lower Airbus's carbon footprint for a fee
Global Recycling Day – recycling is seventh resource for planetary conservation
18 March 2022 - Out of 2.1 billion metric tons of solid waste that is generated on Earth every year, only about 16% is recycled
United against plastic pollution: most important climate deal since the Paris Agreement
10 March 2022 - Pollution from plastics has reached epidemic proportions, officials said. Representatives of 175 countries adopted a...
Rio Tinto ‘exploring all options’ after Serbia canceled its lithium project
01 March 2022 - Rio Tinto said it is "exploring all options" and "reviewing the legal basis" of the decision by the Government of Serbia to halt its lithium project
BiH, Kosovo*, North Macedonia in breach of rules on air pollution from thermal power plants
28 February 2022 - BiH, Kosovo* and North Macedonia surpassed the ceilings for air pollutants in 2018 and 2019, the Energy Community Secretariat said
No oil, gas in first offshore test hole in Montenegro but more drilling ahead
04 February 2022 - Eni and Novatek found no oil or gas after test drilling in the Adriatic Sea offshore Montenegro, so environmentalists are relieved – for now
After years of efforts, EU agrees on common charger type for mobile devices
02 February 2022 - The European Council will open talks with the European Parliament to make USB-C the universal charging socket and cut electronic waste
HEAL: Biomass is one of main sources of air pollution in Western Balkans
27 January 2022 - Health experts from HEAL demand more attention and action on the public health threat of biomass burning in the Western Balkans
Global chemical and plastic pollution out of control – safe planetary boundary exceeded
22 January 2022 - Chemical production has increased 50-fold since 1950, and projections show output may triple by 2050
Serbia scraps spatial plan for Rio Tinto’s lithium mining project, all permits
20 January 2022 - The Government of Serbia annulled its decree on the spatial plan for Rio Tinto's lithium project and met all the environmentalists' demand, Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said
Summer of 2021 in Europe was warmest ever
12 January 2022 - The last seven years were the warmest on record globally by a clear margin, and 2021 was the fifth-hottest year ever recorded