EBRD’s loan to Ukrainian agrooligarch postponed… or not?
Controversial Ukrainian agroholding MHP is seeking the subsidy from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). In order to postpone the decision, an open letter...
Two New Studies Revealed POPs Pollution across Thailand
Investigations proved toxic contamination in pollution hotspots in Thailand. It is caused, in particular, by dioxins and other persistent organic pollutants (POPs). High...
Cement plants as a source of toxic substances
The university researcher Nuria Ortuño (University of Alicante, Spain) focuses on the study of cement plant emissions, which co-incinerate waste or alternative waste fuels. Among...
Lead poisoning: Prague buildings filled with toxic heavy metals due to old-time furnishing
People are commonly exposed to lead, cadmium, toxic mercury and other heavy metals in Czech capital. Lead concentration present in dust is much higher in office and authority...
The European Commission is questionably consulting the chemical exceptions
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the international network of IPEN NGOs blame the European Commission for overlooking an obvious conflict of interest. In order to...
IPEN CEE Regional Meeting Participants Visit Czech Chemical Factory
How to deal with toxic pollution: That was the main theme of the IPEN Central and Eastern Europe Regional Meeting that took place in Prague in October, 2017. The three-day...
North Bohemian power plants and Spolana are the top Czech polluters
The chemical plant Spolana in Neratovice dominates the lists of the biggest Czech polluters for the third year in a row, together with the power plants in Pocerady and Prunerov...
Activists called the EBRD to protect communities from agribusinesses
Activists and representatives of local communities have arrived today at the Kyiv office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to complain about the...
Ukranian state official peaches eco-activists for pointing out at possible corruption
Starting on Monday, the trial of four eco-activists began at Vinnytsia City court. The defendants are accused of libel and false accusation by the head of Tulchyn Rayon state...
Czech representatives in Geneva discuss the protection against poisonous mercury
Until Friday, international convention on reducing mercury leaks caused by human activity takes place in Geneva. The representatives of states and intergovernmental and...
Fish samples from hot spots in Thailand contain toxic mercury
Everyday food of hundreds of thousands people living in Thailand is contaminated with mercury, and this happenthrough the consumption of various fish species according to a new...
Governments call for stronger protection of environmental activists and criticize Belarus for persecution
Governments of 46 countries are seriously concerned over harassment of environmental defenders which is increasing globally. Budva Declaration, of the UNECE Aarhus Convention...
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