Poland/Czech Republic – The Czech-Polish negotiations over the Turów open-pit mine do not seem to be leading to an amicable solution as quickly as Poland would like. After announcing – somewhat hastily – on 25 May that he had reached an agreement…
By Olivier Bault.
Poland - In 2011, the US Energy Information Administration estimated shale gas reserves in the Polish basement at 5.3 trillion cubic meters. Other less optimistic estimates then talked about 3 trillion cubic meters, and later the National Geological Institute…
Article originally published on The Slovak Spectator.
Slovakia - The general prosecutor (GP) proposed the creation of a specialized police body. The “natural police” should dedicate its work to investigating environmental crimes.
In 2016, 302 people were prosecuted of crimes against the environment.…
Bulgaria - On November the 2nd, 2016, the Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Desislava Taneva signed a ministerial order placing 109,000 hectares of forest owned by the state as ancient forests, allowing their preservation through the European program Natura 2000.
According…
By Marie Fouque.
Romania – On Tuesday, October 4, the Minister of the Environment, Water and Forestry Cristiana Pasca Palmer announced that the trophy hunting of large carnivores is now banned in Romania. It is prohibited in the European Union but this…
By Damien Linhart.
Poland - Polish Government presented last June the objective of one million electric cars in 2025, but the carbon footprint analysis shows that such a situation would rise greenhouse gases emissions.
Life cycle analysis of the whole vehicle shows that electric…
Hungary, Győr - China faces important environmental problems: she produces an immense quantity of waste, which is not totally recyclable. But they could improve this situation thanks to Hungarian technology.
In April, Chinese experts went to Hungary, to visit the company Reind…