There is no “safe level” of air pollution
15 October 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published its long-awaited new guidelines for air quality, which have been updated for the first time since 2005.
Coal pollution in Turkey brings annual health costs of up to EUR 10.9 billion
08 February 2021 - Air pollution from coal power plants in Turkey kills almost 5,000 people prematurely and leads to 3,000 preterm births every year
Clean Air for All – How polluted air harms human health
05 December 2020 - Pollution in the air we breathe can cause a wide range of adverse health impacts, from respiratory illnesses to heart disease to stroke.
HEAL urges regional leaders to implement Green Agenda for Western Balkans
09 November 2020 - The Health and Environment Alliance has sent them an open letter as they prepare to gather in Sofia for the next meeting in the Berlin process.
Independent report: Air pollution caused 136 premature deaths in Tuzla in 2018
25 June 2019 - Air pollution in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was twice the legal limit on two thirds...
Western Balkan coal power plants are health, economic liability for entire Europe – environmental organizations
19 February 2019 - Sixteen outdated coal power plants in the Western Balkans are a public health and economic...
Reducing air pollution from TPPs in Western Balkans could save thousands of lives
14 December 2017 - While ministers at the 15th ministerial council meeting of the Energy Community in Kosovo* are...
HEAL global campaign to combat air pollution comes to Belgrade
13 June 2017 - The Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL) called the Serbian government to invest effort to clean...
The unpaid health bill – how coal power plants in the Western Balkans make us sick
23 September 2016 - By Vlatka Matkovic Puljic, Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL), Health and Energy Officer, Balkan region,...
Health costs of coal plants prompt policy rethink
18 March 2016 - A study quantified public health costs of polluted air from coal-fired power plants in Serbia,...
The big green challenge: can we change fast enough?
23 December 2015 - By Maja Turković, Energy Consultant, co-author of the CIRSD study ’A Roadmap for Deploying Renewable...