Germany’s fleet of hard coal-fired power plants could cut emissions of a toxic air pollutant in half tomorrow, if they used already-fitted pollution reduction e...
Some of Europe’s oldest, most polluting power stations are receiving millions of euro in government payments every year in what campaigners have described as ‘t...
German energy giant RWE has dug a moat to discourage people from trying to enter the threatened Hambach Forest this weekend.
Coal bosses are worried that peopl...
UPDATE 20/09/2018: Since the publication of this story it has been reported that a man has died from a fall at the site. The man is said to be a journalist and ...
A new report by a top EU body has revealed some shocking facts about air pollution in the EU.
The European Court of Auditors – a group of experts tasked with c...
One year after the publication of new EU rules on coal pollution, the German government has broken its own laws by failing to incorporate the new limits into na...
Polish coal-fired power plants may be cheating the European Union when reporting their toxic mercury emissions, Gazeta Wyborcza reports. As a result, a huge yea...
With Germany's 'Coal Commission' meeting for the first time last week, their deliberations will have major implications for people living in the shadow of the l...
The right of EU citizens to breathe clean air is routinely violated. Across the continent, toxic air is linked to more than 500,000 premature deaths each year. ...
The health impact of harmful air pollution could be halved by 2030, if governments respect the full range of EU rules on air pollution. That’s the conclusion of...
