Rio Tinto disregards residents’ discontent, announces mine construction in 2022
Rio Tinto plans to start building a mine in western Serbia in 2022 and complete it in 2026 despite residents' discontent.
Environmental organizations urge Croatia to stop burning coal, sue ministry over TPP Plomin 1
At a time when many EU countries are working on coal phase-out, Croatia is planning to overhaul coal-fired TPP Plomin 1.
Serbian prime minister: Rio Tinto’s jadarite mine investment is going as planed
Ana Brnabić denies the spatial plan for the project was adopted on insufficient grounds while locals claim it is illegitimate.
EIA study for TPP Šoštanj waste incineration project under scrutiny
Co-incineration of SRF will increase the emissions of heavy metals, according to the review of the EIA commissioned by the Municipality of Šoštanj.
Federation of BiH to scrap feed-in tariffs for small hydropower plants from 2021
The government is preparing a set of regulatory amendments in order to prevent the adverse impact of small hydropower plants on the environment.
Voices of discontent over Rio Tinto’s jadarite mine investment in Serbia grow louder
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.
Activist sue city of Zrenjanin over Linglong tyre plant planned investment
Građanski preokret asked the court to nullify the City of Zrenjanin's green light for the Linglong tyre plant
No hydropower plants to be built on Vjosa river
The hydropower plants planned on the Vjosa river’s lower and upper course won’t be built, for now. It could be said that the continuous appeals and protests from the citizens, organizations of civil society all over the world, famous actors, lead to the move. After Albanian President Ilir Meta said he prioritizes the Vjosa National […]