IPTO completes Crete-Peloponnese power link – Crete to burn less oil to produce electricity
This first interconnection between Crete and the mainland will cover a third of the island’s energy needs, substituting aged local power plants.
First 100 households in Sarajevo get subsidies to abandon coal in heating
The Sarajevo Canton picked 77 beneficiaries that will install wood pellet furnaces and 27 are setting up heat pumps instead of coal for heating
Noise kills at least 12,000 people in Europe every year
Long-term exposure to environmental noise in Europe contributes to 48.000 new cases of heart disease and 12.000 premature deaths per year
Serbia to spend EUR 1.5 billion in 2021 on energy efficiency, to cut pollution
Serbia will completely alter investment plans, prioritizing energy efficiency and the fight against pollution, Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlović said
Premature deaths due to air pollution in Europe remain too high despite improved air quality
The number of premature deaths due to air pollution in Europe remains too high, at some 400,000 a year, despite improved air quality over the past decade. The latest report on air quality by the European Environment Agency (EEA) also shows that almost everyone in Europe is still affected by air pollution and that nearly […]
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.
City of Skopje supports its households to reduce air pollution
The City of Skopje said 4,282 households applied to buy inverter air conditioners with subsidies and hand over their wood stoves or boilers that use heating oil. They are entitled to as much as EUR 1,000 each within the scheme for improving air quality. Utilities in the North Macedonian capital have been collecting wood stoves […]
ArcelorMittal Zenica completes projects to reduce pollution from steel plant
Steel producer ArcelorMittal Zenica has completed two major investments, worth EUR 7.7 million, to reduce dust emissions. The projects will ensure the increase the environmental protection in the city of Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Investments will help reduce the pollution created by the steel plant, which made Zenica one of the cities with the […]