Toxic tailings dump in North Macedonia to be turned into solar power plant
29 August 2023 - The town of Probištip in North Macedonia will seek an investor to remediate a mining tailings dump and build a solar power plant on the site
Forever chemical threatens female decreased fertility
14 April 2023 - New research show that higher exposures PFAS chemicals, also known as the forever chemicals, are associated with decreased fertility in women
European Commission proposes stricter rules on air, water pollutants
27 October 2022 - The EU is amending the regulations for ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants and urban wastewater treatment
Professor Fath: Scientists should be activists
25 October 2022 - Chemistry Professor Andreas Fath from the HFU university in Furtwangen has swum along the Danube from its source in Germany to the Black Sea
Scientists warn rainwater is unsafe to drink
11 August 2022 - The levels of so-called forever chemicals in rainwater exceed the most stringent standards developed by health and environmental agencies
Red alert triggered in Serbia as 40% of citizens drink unsafe water
08 June 2022 - About 40% of Serbia's residents drink unsafe water while about 600,000 residents of Vojvodina get drinking water with traces of arsenic
Garbage dumps in Serbia are quietly poisoning its citizens
21 February 2022 - Waste comes back like a boomerang through our water, land and air, enters the food chain and slowly poisons us
Geothermal-rich California could cover US lithium demand
01 December 2021 - The Salton Sea in the southern part of California can supply 600,000 tons of lithium per year, an amount exceeding the current annual consumption of the US
Zrenjanin in Serbia determined to radicalize protests after 17 years of thirst
20 August 2021 - Zrenjanin is thirsty and its inhabitants are holding regular protest drives and demanding that all people in the city's territory get potable water from the waterworks
EU countries fail to minimize pollution from large combustion plants
18 August 2021 - EEB warns of a massive financial and health bill as big industrial units that use lignite stretched rules from the Industrial Emissions Directive
EU court fines Greece over pollution of water with agricultural nitrates
04 March 2020 - The Balkan state was supposed to undertake measures of protection from harmful fertilizers by December...
Top 3 in August: Danube pollution, rise of e-scooters, op-ed on renewable energy incentives in Croatia
04 September 2019 - The Top 3 Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in August are in....