Kazakhstan's air pollution: new study blames dirty industry
PRAGUE/ASTANA – Steelworks, coal mines, and power plants. These are the largest sources of air pollution in Kazakhstan, and the biggest culprits of climate change. A new study...
Summary of Negative Impacts of Waste Incinerators
A whole number of myths exist around waste incineration. It is often said to be an "environmentally-friendly" or "green" method for energy production, not contributing to climate...
Incinerators Will Make Things Hot for Us
The growing number of waste incinerators may be an essential problem for the European, and especially Czech, climate policy – this is the conclusion of Arnika’s webinar entitled...
Empowered Locals and Improved Access to Information: Citizen Science Facing Down Toxic Pollution in Thailand
BANGKOK/PRAGUE - Over the past four years, non-governmental organizations - EARTH (Thailand) (1) and the Arnika Association (Czechia) (2) - formed a powerful alliance with local...
Seveso Accident and Planetary Pollution Boundaries
Two thousand hectares of contaminated soil and 200 people with symptoms of a rare dermatological disease, chloracne. This was the result of an accident in the chemical plant...
New study reveals hazardous burden of e-waste and POPs
On 10 and 12 July 2023, our experts Mgr. Jitka Straková from Arnika and RNDr. Alice Dvorská, independent scientist and lead author of the study, returned to Kalasin province in...
Outdated industry had a bigger impact on Ukraine's air than the war
PRAGUE/DNIPRO - A study by the NGO Arnika and World from Space based on satellite images from the European Space Agency (1) has reached a surprising conclusion. Although war...
Environmentalists launch AirGE. Citizen stations are about to monitor air pollution in Georgia
TBILISI/PRAGUE - According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Tbilisi, Georgia, is among the top three European cities with the most polluted air. Nearly four thousand...
Czech Television with Arnika in Moldova
This time, we had two special guests with us in spring Moldova - documentary filmmaker Martin Marek with his camera and Petr Roth, an expert in nature conservation with...
Community Power Prevails: Residents Put an End to Hydroelectric Plant Project on the Neretvica River in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO/PRAGUE - People of Bosnia and Herzegovina have won a significant victory in the fight to protect their rivers. The state-owned energy company Elektroprivreda [1]...
Thailand Ratifies Global Agreement to End Toxic Waste Trade to Developing Countries
BANGKOK – Today, Thailand joins 102 other countries in ratifying the Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their...
World Environmental Day: NGOs launch toxic hot spots application to enhance public right-to-know
On the occasion of World Environment Day, a new web application is set to be launched in Thailand, aiming to raise awareness about the pollution caused by industrial activities...
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