The municipal authority of the upscale seaside suburb of Glyfada, south of Athens, has filed a lawsuit demanding the immediate closure of an illegal dump that has cropped up on its border with the municipality of Elliniko and Argyroupoli.
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Every Wednesday the British Council is offering a series of online discussions suitable for international students who are interested in studying climate change-related courses in the UK and pursuing a career in green industries.
A total of 1.039 billion euros will be spent on nature protection actions from 2021 to 2027, after the European Commission recently approved the aid.
Four of the country’s most polluting power production plants are being formally shut down as Greece phases out the use of brown coal, or lignite, in line with European Union environmental protection rules and government pledges for a transition to sustainable energy sources.
“It is a great day for the Municipality of Dafni-Ymittos as we announce the launch of an extremely ambitious urban regeneration project,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday at an event on the utilization of the space currently occupied by factory buildings where Pyrkal ammunition and explosives were once manufactured.
Seeking to relieve pressure on the capital’s badly overstretched landfill at Fyli, the Attica Regional Authority is making plans to build a new garbage processing facility, though not a dump, in an undisclosed area south of the capital.
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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis officially unveiled on Saturday an ambitious government plan to relocate nine ministries from the center of Athens to the site of the old defense industry complex of Pyrkal, in the area of Hymettus in east-central Athens.
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For most scuba divers, few places underwater match the visual thrill of a kaleidoscopic coral reef teeming with colorful fish. For Jeff Milisen, a marine biologist and photographer in Kona, Hawaii, there is no better place to dive than an open stretch of deep ocean. At night. “There’s a whole lot of nothing,” he said. […]
Prince Charles’ “Terra Carta” initiative of sustainable development was signed by Energean, the company announced on Friday.
Greece’s Presidential Mansion lights will be switched off for an hour at 8.30 p.m. on Saturday, as part of Earth Hour, it announced on Friday.
The Association of Attica Regional Authority Workers (SYPA) has called a four-hour strike on Monday and organized a “symbolic blockade” of the capital’s main landfill at Fyli, northwest of Athens. SYPA is protesting plans to extend the landfill at Fyli and to build an incineration unit in the same area, arguing that it is a […]
Rarely do you meet an academic who is as radical and creative a thinker as Dan Rabinowitz. He spoke recently to Kathimerini about how outdated investments in oil and gas are and what the magic solution to the climate crisis is.
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Seeking to ensure that old nets, ropes and other derelict fishing gear (DFG) doesn’t just end up in landfills, the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation launched the Blue Cycle recycling initiative in 2019.
Greek lawmakers approved a revised contract with Canada’s Eldorado Gold Corp on Wednesday, opening the way for restarting a major mining investment stalled for years over licensing and environmental concerns.
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The amount of food wasted by Greeks comes to more than twice the global average and more than any other country in Europe, the United Nations Environment Program said.
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