Garbage dumps in Serbia are quietly poisoning its citizens
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
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
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
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
The Balkan state was supposed to undertake measures of protection from harmful fertilizers by December 2017. The Court of Justice of the European Union said Greece must pay a lump sum of EUR 3.5 million as it was late in tackling the pollution of surface water and groundwater with nitrates. Following a culmination in the […]
Top 3 in August: Danube pollution, rise of e-scooters, op-ed on renewable energy incentives in Croatia
The Top 3 Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in August are in. The list is also available for our portal’s Serbian/local language version. 1 – Danube polluted with faeces in Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria The River Danube is polluted with faeces along its course in Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria, with the situation particularly […]
Danube polluted with faeces in Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria
The River Danube is polluted with faeces along its course in Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria, with the situation particularly alarming in large Serbian cities such as Novi Sad and Belgrade, where concentrations of Escherichia coli are very high, according to a microbiological survey carried out by a group of Austrian scientists. The “critical” faecal pollution […]
UNECE assessment in Drina river basin highlights importance of improving water quality and calls for strengthened transboundary cooperation
Addressing water pollution and improving water quality and monitoring are key steps needed to face the challenges in the Drina River Basin of ensuring sustainable development in a transboundary context, UNECE published in its statement following the completion of the intersectoral and participatory assessment of the Drina River Basin, shared mainly by Bosnia and Herzegovina, […]
