World news about “Toxic waste” published by euronews.
Activists call time on Hungary toxic dumpGreenpeace activists display a giant STOP sign over a toxic waste depository in Almasfuzito, northwestern Hungary protesting the accumulation of toxic waste… 29/09/2011
EU tightens nuclear waste disposal rules The EU has agreed tougher rules on the disposal of nuclear waste. The new pan-European plan will mean radioactive rubbish from the 27 member state bloc’s… 19/07/2011
Nuclear Power: Italy a unique case The Fukushima disaster in Japan in March threw the spotlight on Europe’s nuclear power plants. While the EU Commission and the bloc’s 27 member states… 12/05/2011
Thousands of lives at risk from e-waste recycling Thousands of people in China live from recycling e-waste – a highly toxic and dangerous activity. Most of the electronic waste comes from the West, anything… 05/05/2011
Red mud, blue Danube A red desert landscape has enveloped entire villages in Hungary, in the wake of the toxic sludge disaster. The people living along the Danube River wonder… 22/10/2010
Chevron assets sought to pay damages billEcuadorian victims who have won a 13-billion-euro environmental case against Chevron Corporation are to pursue legal action against the company overseas. It… 05/01/2012
US oil company ordered to pay billions in compensation to EcuadorAn appeal court in Ecuador ruled that the US oil company Chevron should pay 18 billion dollars in damages after being accused of polluting the Amazon jungle… 04/01/2012
Serbian nuclear waste secretly moved to RussiaSerbia says it is no longer on the list of potential targets of nuclear terrorism. This after about 2500 kilogrammes of radioactive spent atomic fuel was… 23/12/2010
German nuclear waste goes nowhere fastAnti-nuclear activists have continued to block a convoy of reprocessed atomic waste from reaching a storage depot near the German town of Gorleben. The… 09/11/2010
Nuclear “train of death” halted by protestsProtesters clashed with German police on Sunday as they tried to block a train carrying nuclear waste from France. Officers used pepper spray and batons to… 08/11/2010
Head of Hungarian toxic sludge firm arrestedThe boss of the Hungarian aluminium firm linked to last week’s massive spill of toxic sludge has been arrested. Zoltan Bakonyi, head of MAL Zrt, can be… 11/10/2010
Hungary races to reduce new toxic sludge threatAmid threats of another wave of red toxic sludge in Hungary, workers are racing to build make-shift emergency dams. Cracks have widened in the reservoir… 10/10/2010
Fears of fresh toxic flood in HungaryA village near the site of the toxic sludge spill in Hungary has been evacuated amid fears of a second wave of poisonous flooding. Around 800 residents of… 09/10/2010
Sludge spill reservoir ‘may have leaked in June’New pictures from Hungary show the broken wall of a reservoir after it burst, spilling a torrent of toxic sludge from an alumina plant. The environmental… 09/10/2010
Danube fears eased but sludge death toll risesThe catastrophic effects of the toxic spill in the Danube’s tributaries have not been carried downstream to the great river itself, easing many people’s… 08/10/2010
Serbia, Croatia test for Hungarian spill pollutionSerbian and Croatian authorities stepped up testing in the Danube on Friday amid fears the Hungarian toxic spill is spreading. Officials say there is no… 08/10/2010
Hungary pleas for EU aidHungary has officially asked the European Union for help as it takles what its president has described as an “ecological tragedy”. All life in the one river… 08/10/2010
Hungary hints at tighter controls after spillThe Hungarian prime minister has described the accident as an “unprecedented environmental catastrophe” in the country. The government is trying to deal… 07/10/2010
Hungarian toxic sludge reaches DanubeAs the clean up continues in Hungary – toxic red sludge from an aluminium plant spill has now reached the River Danube. Disaster crews are also continuing… 07/10/2010
Toxic spill: A village destroyedThree days after red toxic sludge spilled from an aluminium plant, Hungary is counting the environmental and human cost of the disaster. At least four… 07/10/2010
Q&A Hungary toxic spillRain in Hungary is accelerating the spread of toxic sludge, from an aluminium plant, into rivers which flow into the Danube. To find out more about the… 06/10/2010
Toxic Spills in EuropeOn Monday a river of toxic sludge burst out of the reservoir of an aluminia factory in Hungary. The deadly mud is estimated to have covered an area of around… 06/10/2010
Costly clean up after Hungary’s toxic sludge spillAuthorities in Hungary say the clean up operation from the industrial toxic mud spill will cost millions of euros and take up to one year to cleanse. The… 06/10/2010
Hungary declares state-of-emergency after toxic spillA tidal wave of toxic red mud has swept through several villages in western Hungary, engulfing everything in its path. At least four people have died and… 05/10/2010
State-of-emergency declared in west HungaryA state of emergency has been declared in three regions in the west of Hungary after toxic sludge from an aluminium smelting plant flooded the area. Troops… 05/10/2010
