Czech Republic moves to ban single-use plastic items
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech government has approved a bill designed to significantly reduce the use of plastic items.Continue Reading
Tag: Pollution
Slovak designer wins top architecture prize for ocean cleaning facility
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovak designer Lenka Petrakova has won a prestigious international architecture prize for a prototype ocean cleaning facility.Continue Reading
Poland stands out as the most polluted country in Europe
Warsaw, Poland – According to a new report by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, Poland, Slovakia,Continue Reading
Poland and Slovakia see huge improvement in air quality due to lockdown
Warsaw, Poland – As countries all across Europe slowly emerge from the limbo of weeks of quarantine, the (for onceContinue Reading
Coal exit “not realistic” by 2030, says Poland’s top power producer
Warsaw, Poland – Poland may take up to 25 years to completely exit and phase out coal use in electricityContinue Reading
Poland slaps record fine on Volkswagen over ‘Dieselgate’ emissions scandal
Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s competition regulator UOKiK announced earlier this week it was imposing a record fine of 120 millionContinue Reading
Poles and Slovaks among most vulnerable to pneumonia in Europe
Bratislava, Slovakia – Poland and Slovakia have among the highest death rates from pneumonia in Europe, Eurostat data shows. MoreContinue Reading
Warsaw buys fleet of electric buses in bid to tackle pollution
Warsaw, Poland – Warsaw municipal authorities announced earlier this week the purchase of 130 electric buses from local company SolarisContinue Reading
Polish cities are the most congested in Central Europe
Warsaw, Poland – The Polish cities of Lodz, Krakow, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw are the five most congested cities in CentralContinue Reading
Danube is most polluted river in Europe, shows new global study
Budapest, Hungary – A wide-ranging global study has identified the Danube as the river with the highest concentration of antibioticsContinue Reading
Poland and Slovakia failed to curb CO2 emissions last year
Warsaw, Poland – Although overall CO2 emissions decreased in the EU last year, many Central and Eastern European countries continueContinue Reading
Poland’s coal reliance under the spotlight ahead of the COP24 in Katowice
Katowice, Poland – Starting today, the Polish city of Katowice is hosting the COP24, the largest and most crucial U.N.Continue Reading