Ripple effect: Why Europe’s water crisis demands a fundamental change in food production
Europe is already experiencing the effects of climate change, but rather than adapting and investing in long-term solutions,...
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EU Proposals for water are not yet crystal clear
After decades of inefficiency, European waters are still not healthy. The revision of EU water laws is an...
Mercury emissions from coal combustion driving poor status of EU freshwaters
A 2027 coal phaseout is needed if EU legal obligations on limits of toxic mercury in freshwater are...
EU Commission must extend water pollution regulation to include pharmaceuticals, PFAS and (more) pesticides
Europe’s freshwaters are under pressure from a large number of toxic substances emitted by industry, households and agriculture...
In Dire Straits: Saving the Oder River for People, Not for Coal
Updates to the Oder River Basin Management Plan could turn the tide against looming chemical and ecological crisis...
Water managers are set to fail our rivers, lakes and groundwater
Water authorities across the EU must take the last chance to fix Europe’s unsustainable water management, writes Sergiy...
EU wastewater laws need a brush-up
The 30 year-old Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive needs to be updated to tackle pressures of a changing climate, substances of concern and remaining discharges of untreated sewage,...
Save our homes from caving in, town threatened by coal mine urges the EU
At the frontline with the controversial Turów mine, residents of the German city of Zittau risk losing the...
Czech Republic set to launch legal action against Poland for destructive coal mining
As the Czech government gears up for a court case against the Turów mine’s transnational water grab, campaigners...
A guide to speeding up Europe’s coal exit
A new wave of coal plant shutdowns is taking the European Union one step closer to a coal-free...
