Environment
Romania, the only EU country consuming less earthly resources than the world’s average
Tuesday 07 August 2018 |
Gian-Paolo Accardo | VoxEurop
In all of EU countries Earth Overshoot Day – the date when all of the inhabitants have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the entire year – falls before 1 August, except for Romania.
Plastic recycling: uneven progress in Europe
in depth
Monday 23 July 2018 |
Antoine de Ravignan | Alternatives Economiques
The “European plastic strategy” is moving forward in Brussels. While certain member states are already doing well, many trail behind.
EU’s Effort Sharing Decision Initiative on its way to reduce carbon emissions by 15 percent by 2020
Tuesday 23 October 2018 |
Kashyap Raibagi | VoxEurop
The European Union (EU) has set its climate change mitigation objective for 2020, committing itself to reduce its Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 20 percent compared with 1990 levels.
Europe’s water quality falls short
Tuesday 17 July 2018 |
Gian-Paolo Accardo | VoxEurop
Due to pollution, the majority of European rivers, lakes, and estuaries fall below the minimum environmental standards, a report by the European Environment Agency reveals.
Where temperatures in Germany are rising the fastest
Large investigation
Monday 22 October 2018 |
Marcel Pauly | Spiegel Online
Global warming has reached Germany: everywhere the temperature is rising. We reveal which regions have recorded the strongest increases.
The average temperature in 11 Bulgarian cities has increased by more than 1°C since 2000
Large investigation
Monday 22 October 2018 |
Rosen Bossev | Capital
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the average temperature in eleven Bulgarian cities has increased by more than one degree compared to the average temperature throughout the 20th century.
Global plastic pollution
Tuesday 11 September 2018 |
VoxEurop An impressive data collection on how plastic production and waste has rocket-soared in the last 40 years, by Our World in Data.
Europe is getting warmer, and it’s not looking like it’s going to cool down anytime soon
Large investigation
Monday 24 September 2018 |
Nicolas Kayser-Bril | Journalism++
Pod črto
BiQdata
OBC Transeuropa
Alternatives Economiques
VoxEurop
Spiegel Online
MobileReporter
An exclusive analysis of over 100 million meteorological data points shows that every major city in Europe is warmer in the 21st century than it was in the 20th. Subarctic regions, Andalusia and southern Romania are most affected.
The top 100 European places where Dieselgate kills the most
in depth
Wednesday 04 April 2018 |
Stefano Valentino | MobileReporter
VoxEurop
Excess diesel emissions produce a tiny portion of harmful dusts. Yet, they cause dozens of deaths in Europe’s highly populated road traffic hotspots.
State of bathing waters in Europe
Tuesday 05 June 2018 |
OBC Transeuropa The annual report on the quality of bathing areas, as reported by the 28 EU Member States, Albania and Switzerland, comes with an interactive map showing the pollution level on 22 000+ beaches across Europe.
