A Balkan Dam Boom Imperils Europe’s Wildest Rivers
Yale Environment 360 | May 8, 2018The Balkan Peninsula, one of Europe’s most undeveloped regions, is facing a wave of thousands of hydroelectric projects that would block pristine, free-flowing rivers and cause major environmental damage. Local residents and conservationists are fighti
Žene iz Kruščice pokrenule debatu o zaštiti rijeka na Balkanu
Deutsche Welle | May 7, 2018Njemački mediji pišu o “hrabrim ženama iz Kruščice” koje su se sačuvale potok i inicirale debatu o eksploataciji rijeka na Balkanu. “Tageszeitung” je objavio zanimljivu reportažu o izbjeglicama koje se slijevaju u BiH. Source: Žene iz Kruščice pokrenul
Casi 3.000 presas para los últimos ríos vírgenes de Europa
La Razon | May 7, 2018Un documental alerta de que miles de proyectos hidroeléctricos amenazan la biodiversidad entre Albania y Bosnia-Herzegovina Source: Casi 3.000 presas para los últimos ríos vírgenes de Europa
Bedrohung für die letzten Wildflüsse Europas
Sueddeutsche Zeitung | May 6, 2018Die Staaten auf dem Balkan planen, 3000 kleine Wasserkraftwerke zu bauen. Die Projekte würden unvergleichliche Ökosysteme zerstören – und sind für die Energieversorgung der Länder weitgehend nutzlos. Source: Bedrohung für die letzten Wildflüsse Europas
Novi ugalj na Balkanu – Zbogom zaštiti klime?
Deutsche Welle | May 5, 2018Građani će plaćati i novcem i zdravljem ako se ostane pri planovima za gradnju novih termoelektrana, a BiH će ostati među zemaljama sa najzagađenijim zrakom na svijetu, upozorili su stručnjaci na diskusiji u Berlinu. Source: Novi ugalj na Balkanu – Zbo
Green dams ‘hit’ West Balkans biodiversity, locals’ water supply
Euronews | May 1, 2018Lauded as green and environmentally friendly, small-scale hydropower dams are dotted around the West Balkans. But local communities say the impact is disastrous. Source: Green dams ‘hit’ West Balkans biodiversity, locals’ water supply
Project funding could be cut as EU battles to balance books
Euronews | May 1, 2018Discovering the Belgian capital by river cruise – many tourists do it each year. A new terminal has been inaugurated at the port of Brussels, designed to handle 35,000 passengers by 2030 and generate an annual turnover of five million euros. Half of th
‘Tsunami’ of hydropower dam building threatens Europe’s last wild rivers – campaigners
Thomson Reuters Foundation | April 29, 2018Critics say hydropower plants threaten animal life and people’s access to water Source: ‘Tsunami’ of hydropower dam building threatens Europe’s last wild rivers – campaigners
Secrecy of VW fraud report ‘unacceptable’, says MEP
EUObserver | April 23, 2018Finnish MEP Heidi Hautala won a trailblazing court case two decades ago for the right of EU citizens to receive ‘partial access’ to documents. Now she says it is “outrageous” the European Investment Bank is refusing to release Volkswagen documents. Sou
Chinese banks move into Bosnian power sector
ChinaDialogue | April 17, 2018Balkan coal projects are expanding under the Belt and Road banner “Miners don’t say good day, we say good luck,” says Hata Muratović Hasanspahić, standing at the door to a concrete elevator shaft that carries her 300 metres below ground each day. Hata
