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Arnika Launched the Plastic Free Future Appeal with Funeral Procession to Spolana Neratovice

Arnika Launched the Plastic Free Future Appeal with Funeral Procession to Spolana Neratovice

An unusual funeral procession to Spolana in Neratovice started at 11 am today. Logos of the biggest producers of plastic pollution were placed on the coffin, and names of the...

The Czechs were Selling the Most Toxic Toy in the World! But Toxic Substances from Plastics are Not Avoided Anywhere

The Czechs were Selling the Most Toxic Toy in the World! But Toxic Substances from Plastics are Not Avoided Anywhere

When plastics from e-waste are recycled, toxic contaminants from plastics are transferred to new products made from the recycled material, invisibly endangering even children....

Far from good. New study examines Georgia's air pollution from the space observations

Far from good. New study examines Georgia's air pollution from the space observations

TBILISI/PRAGUE - Pollution from obsolete industries, heavy traffic, old vehicles and outdated heating threaten Georgian citizens. A new study (1) based on remote sensing of the...

Do we know what we breathe? A new study suggests improvements of Georgia’s state air pollution monitoring

Do we know what we breathe? A new study suggests improvements of Georgia’s state air pollution monitoring

TBILISI/PRAGUE - Georgia is on the way to have an effective air pollution monitoring system. However, citizens and experts alike lack reliable data on pollution in the vast...

Kazakhstan's air pollution: new study blames dirty industry

Kazakhstan's air pollution: new study blames dirty industry

PRAGUE/ASTANA – Steelworks, coal mines, and power plants. These are the largest sources of air pollution in Kazakhstan, and the biggest culprits of climate change. A new study...

Empowered Locals and Improved Access to Information: Citizen Science Facing Down Toxic Pollution in Thailand

Empowered Locals and Improved Access to Information: Citizen Science Facing Down Toxic Pollution in Thailand

BANGKOK/PRAGUE - Over the past four years, non-governmental organizations - EARTH (Thailand) (1) and the Arnika Association (Czechia) (2) - formed a powerful alliance with local...

Outdated industry had a bigger impact on Ukraine's air than the war

Outdated industry had a bigger impact on Ukraine's air than the war

PRAGUE/DNIPRO - A study by the NGO Arnika and World from Space based on satellite images from the European Space Agency (1) has reached a surprising conclusion. Although war...

Environmentalists launch AirGE. Citizen stations are about to monitor air pollution in Georgia

Environmentalists launch AirGE. Citizen stations are about to monitor air pollution in Georgia

TBILISI/PRAGUE - According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Tbilisi, Georgia, is among the top three European cities with the most polluted air. Nearly four thousand...

Community Power Prevails: Residents Put an End to Hydroelectric Plant Project on the Neretvica River in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Community Power Prevails: Residents Put an End to Hydroelectric Plant Project on the Neretvica River in Bosnia and Herzegovina

SARAJEVO/PRAGUE - People of Bosnia and Herzegovina have won a significant victory in the fight to protect their rivers. The state-owned energy company Elektroprivreda [1]...

Thailand Ratifies Global Agreement to End Toxic Waste Trade to Developing Countries

Thailand Ratifies Global Agreement to End Toxic Waste Trade to Developing Countries

BANGKOK – Today, Thailand joins 102 other countries in ratifying the Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their...

World Environmental Day: NGOs launch toxic hot spots application to enhance public right-to-know

World Environmental Day: NGOs launch toxic hot spots application to enhance public right-to-know

On the occasion of World Environment Day, a new web application is set to be launched in Thailand, aiming to raise awareness about the pollution caused by industrial activities...

Let's keep our word: reduce the Czech climate debt!

Let's keep our word: reduce the Czech climate debt!

The Arnika Association joins the call of the Czech Forum for Development Cooperation (FoRS) “Let's keep our word: let's reduce the Czech climate debt!” [1]. Anyone can support...