Almost 40,000 species on IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction
Nearly 40,000 species out of almost 140,000 on the updated IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction. The Komodo dragon's position has worsened.
Western Balkans coal plants emit 2.5 times more SO2 than entire EU
Almost 12,000 people died from 2018 to 2020 because of breaches of pollution ceilings in coal-fired thermal power plants in the Western Balkans.
Plasma waste gasification project in North Macedonia is getting strategic investment status
A plasma gasification plant worth EUR 327 million will handle most of the municipal waste in North Macedonia, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said
People versus poisoners – thousands in Belgrade protest for clean air
More than five thousand people gathered in the second protest in Belgrade for harmless air, to warn of severe air pollution in the country
Greece to establish company for transforming coal land property
The government in Athens is preparing a bill for a just development transition of its coal regions as the use of the harmful fossil fuel is being phased out
Locals, activists say coal plant Ugljevik 3 study is clearly incomplete
Locals and environmentalists said the draft environmental study for Ugljevik 3 coal project is incomplete and that it doesn't reveal the real potential damage
Syrian oil spill threatens Cyprus, Turkey
A giant patch of oil from a leak in a Syrian energy complex is currently moving away from Cyprus as the wind changed direction
CO2 tops EUR 60 for first time
Carbon permits reached almost EUR 61 per ton in the EU as power producers are struggling to obtain gas from Russia and wind has weakened
