A waste incinerator will be constructed in Velká Dobrá near Kladno, however, neither inhabitants nor the authorities agree to it

A project of a new waste incinerator, proposed by the company AGMECO LT, will have to undergo environmental impact assessment. Both the Arnika Association and local inhabitants...

The environment is endangered not only by chemical plants, but also by wood processors and insulation material manufacturers

The environment is endangered not only by chemical plants, but also by wood processors and insulation material manufacturers

Data published in the Integrated Pollution Register (IPR) (1) today brought several surprising findings. In contrast to previous years, wood processing companies, and...

Bisphenol A – danger hidden in food packaging

Bisphenol A has been monitored in the long term particularly in tins in the Czech Republic, whereas plastic packaging has been neglected, or, at least, results of its analyses...

Bořena Team has been protecting nature in České Středohoří for thirty years already

At the end of September 1979, a group of students from Bílina and Prague established the Bořena Team with the aim to get acquainted with nature development in České Středohoří....

An International Student Team will explore the Czech Capital Water Management

Is the water management in Prague sustainable? How to guarantee the functional system of water usage and recycling in ever expanding city districts? How to assist with water...

The reconstruction of Prague railway stations is a great opportunity. Representatives must defend citizens’ interests, a study finds

The planned reconstruction of Masaryk’s railway station and of railway stations in Zizkov, Smichov and Bubny is a great opportunity. Grounds in question are so large that there...

EU Parliament must resist pressure to weaken Industrial Emissions Directive

EU Parliament must resist pressure to weaken Industrial Emissions Directive

Medical and environmental groups are alarmed by possible reductions in public health and environmental protection standards within the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), which...

Teaching aids containing hazardous phthalates - Arnika warning parents: Don't buy your children teaching aids containing PVC

High concentrations of phthalates (1) were found in some teaching aids sold on Czech market. „ It confirmed our concerns as increased levels of phthalates were registered in all...

Czechs and Armenians start to cooperate to reduce obsolete pesticides danger

Czechs and Armenians start to cooperate to reduce obsolete pesticides danger

The main goal of the join project between two ngos, one Czech and one Armenian, was to help the rural communities to implement sustainable agriculture and eliminate the danger of...

The inhabitants asked politicians to refuse skyscrapers in Pankrác

Over 800 inhabitants expressed their disagreement with construction of so-called Prague Manhattan in Prague's Pankrác plain. A petition with their signatures was handed over to...

Representatives refused to sell land in Pankrác

" The City Assembly of the Capital City of Prague on yesterday's meeting refused to sell land in the Pankrác plain to the company ECE. After a longer discussion, the...

Citizens' associations expressed essential observations to the project of shopping centre in Pankrác

Yesterday in the afternoon, two hundred fifty people met in the Small Hall of the Congress Centre, in order to discuss environmental impacts of the Shopping and Social Centre...