Romania has launched a new electronic timber traceability system, an important step in its transition to a fully digital forest sector. Unfortunately, the new system has...
Tag - Environment & Energy
As Poland begins to reduces its reliance on coal as a primary source of electricity production, both renewable and nuclear power will have a role to play in its energy...
A European Commission report has concluded that the burning of most forest biomass produces more greenhouse gas emissions than coal, oil and gas. The problem is...
The Czech government looks set to formally announce an exit from coal in February, but its plans lack ambition, claim environmental groups. The Czech government is...
The shrinking of the Aral Sea has been called “one of the planet’s worst ever environmental disasters”. Is there any hope for its recovery? And is the...
OMV Petrom is ramping up exploration in the Romanian Black Sea with a major new investment, but energy companies want new legislation and the reduction of a windfall tax...
Serbia’s increasing reliance on China is a health hazard, say MEPs On the day that Serbia began a mass Covid-19 vaccination programme with the Chinese Sinovac jab...
Good news stories might have been hard to come by in 2020, but in the midst of a challenging and tumultuous year, the European bison (Bison bonasus) has moved from...
With 672.5 billion euros at stake, decisions taken behind closed doors could hinder an efficient green recovery in Central and Eastern Europe, says the World Wildlife...
Australia’s Macquarie gets green light to buy ČEZ’s Romanian assests, as the Czech utility group exits Eastern Europe to concentrate on the domestic market...
Just days after the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline edged closer to completion following the laying of a 2.6 kilometre section of pipes in German territorial...
A new gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, whose completion had earlier this year looked in jeopardy, may now be completed in the first quarter of...
Like many other sectors of the economy, the mining industry is finally realising that it needs to take a stance on environmental issues. Not only do governments and the...