Gacko: if only the laws were as strong as the air pollution
January 16, 2018
Gacko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is home to a coal power plant and an open cast mine and it has a serious smog problem. But you wouldn’t know it from official measurements because the local air quality rules are uniquely lax, and there are no publicly available, official measurements.
Smog Chokes the Balkans
January 9, 2018
As heating is turned up to beat the mid-winter cold, the Balkan peninsula is grappling with a well-known foe: suffocating levels of air pollution. Source: Smog Chokes the Balkans
Rushed loan approval for Tuzla 7 coal plant, but project far from ready
November 28, 2017
The China Exim bank and Bosnian power utility Elektroprivreda BIH yesterday signed a massive loan agreement for the Tuzla 7 lignite power plant – a project that would have dire health, economic and climate repercussions.
Race to the bottom: dire air quality worsens as BiH government mulls new coal plant at Tuzla
November 22, 2017
The results of our independent air pollution monitoring are in, and the situation is just getting worse while the government plans even more coal power.
A growing menace in Ukraine as proposed loan to agribusiness giant adds to conflict
November 21, 2017
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will decide next week on another loan of USD 25 million for Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), in spite of repeated attempts by locals to reign in the impacts wrought by MHP.
Balkan governments unprepared for new EU pollution rules
August 17, 2017
New EU rules entering into force today, to limit pollution from power plants, will also apply in most Western Balkan countries. But the region’s governments are so far acting like they don’t exist.
EU da reaguje na problem aerozagađenja
June 28, 2017
Evropska unija (EU) pozvana je da reaguje na problem aerozagađenja u Zapadnom Balkanu, saopšteno je iz nevladine organizacije Grin houm (Green Houm). Source: RTCG – Radio Televizija Crne Gore – Nacionalni javni servis :: Turizam i ekologija :: EU da re
Zapadni Balkan pati zbog zagađenog zraka
June 28, 2017
Koncentracije prašine u gornjem u opsegu koncentracija ikad primjećenih u EU Source: Zapadni Balkan pati zbog zagađenog zraka
EU pozvana da reaguje na problem aerozagađenja
June 28, 2017
Evropska unija (EU) pozvana je da reaguje na problem aerozagađenja u Zapadnom Balkanu, saopšteno je iz nevladine organizacije Grin houm. Source: EU pozvana da reaguje na problem aerozagađenja :: Društvo
[Campaign update] EU urged to act on Western Balkans smog after alarming pollution levels were found
June 26, 2017
Results of more than half a year of independent air pollution monitoring in the Balkans have been launched today. During a conference at the European Parliament today, MEPs, European Commission and Energy Community representatives, NGOs and citizens groups called for urgent action on air pollution in the Western Balkans.
