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Member states' water pollutant wish list sees green backlash

Negotiating mandate for the Water Framework Directive’s adoption will be the basis for discussions to start between EU co-legislators, sparking green fears that EU rules protecting water are being dismantled.

Green News

Gaza environmental damage ‘unprecedented’: 7 takeaways from UN report

The new assessment from UNEP follows a call from the State of Palestine to take stock of the environmental damage.

Eco-Innovation

This Swiss start-up is breaking down forever chemicals with bubbles

PFAS are poisoning us, but destroying them is still difficult and expensive. One Swiss start-up may have the answer.

Water Matters

Water pollution: How the EU is working to restore our rivers, lakes and seas

In partnership with the European Commission

Europe's waters have been becoming more polluted over decades, mainly due to mismanagement of agriculture, industry and sewage treatment. In this Crash Course we dig into the alarming statistics and explore what the EU is doing about it.

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Green News

Governments pushing to ease protection for aquatic environment

Environmental campaigners have raised the alarm about a potential weakening of EU water quality rules as a 2027 deadline to meet strict pollution limits looms.

Water Matters

Debate: How can we all do our bit and wise up about water resilience?

In partnership with the European Commission

As part of the European Union's Green Week event in Brussels, Euronews science correspondent Jeremy Wilks quizzed experts about water pollution, droughts, and floods and asked when we will wise up about water.

Greece

NGO cleans up contaminated Greek seas

The operation lasted ten days and targeted waters near Ithaca and Patras, where around 30 tonnes of nets and waste had collected.

Green News

Villagers in England told to boil water as parasite spreads

A water parasite has left at least 46 people sick in this English village.

Green News

US places first ever limits on forever chemicals in drinking water

Campaigners have celebrated the limit on toxic PFAS, saying ‘We couldn’t ask for a better standard’.

Green News

Oxford coach blasts Thames pollution ahead of Boat Race with Cambridge

The race will put even more pressure on authorities to clean up rivers across the country, including the Thames.

Climate

Spanish citizens feel ‘abandoned’ after 10 months without clean water

Andalucía residents are afraid to wash their children with the tap water, and say even dogs refuse to drink it.

Green News

Toxic landslide threatens environmental disaster in Denmark

After nine days, Nordic Waste - the company that operated the site - gave up on getting the landslide under control.

Green News

Millions of plastic pellets from Spanish spill could be eaten by fish

“The contamination of the oceans and ecosystems with plastics is one of the biggest problems faced by humanity,” Spain’s minister for the environment, Teresa Ribera, said.

Green News

Belgium urged to advance extension of water pollutant watch list

Belgium plans to move forward a proposal to increase the number of water pollutants subject to strict concentration limits, to include PFAS 'forever chemicals' and dozens of others, the EU Council presidency holder has said amid calls from civil society and industry.

Ocean

Cleaning Europe's rivers: Meet the teams turning the plastic tide

In partnership with the European Commission

80% of ocean plastic pollution comes from rivers and canals carrying urban litter into the seas. We speak to the teams and volunteers leading the fight against Europe's plastic problem.

Ocean

How is Europe faring in the fight against plastic pollution?

In partnership with the European Commission

Ocean talks with Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries about single-use plastics, changing individual behaviours, and the importance of businesses being on board.

The Road To Green

How clean is the water you swam in this summer?

In partnership with The European Commission

As global temperatures continue to rise, it's more important than ever that we have blue spaces to cool off. But are we looking after our seas, lakes and rivers as we should?

Green News

Could this European island be the first to sue over forever chemicals?

Toxic chemicals leaked into their drinking water supplies more than 30 years ago. Now residents want compensation.

Smart Health

Harmful residues from medicines leaking into our water systems

In partnership with The European Commission

In Uppsala, Sweden, an innovative pilot project to rid water of pollutants is making waves.

Smart Health

The science behind waste water management

In partnership with The European Commission

Among nutrients, phosphorous, organic material and other micropollutants, the wastewaters in Uppsala, Sweden, contain microscopic but resilient pharmaceutical residues. What are the most cost-effective ways to clean these residues and prevent them from further harming our environment?