UN urged Sweden not to issue a licence for an iron-ore mine in the Gállok region, home of the Sámi people, saying “the open-pit mine will generate vast amounts of pollution & toxic waste & endanger the protected ecosystem including reindeer migration” ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/…

Why is Sweden home to so many billionaires? Sweden has a reputation for high taxes and social equality, but it has more dollar billionaires, relative to its population, than almost anywhere else. 🎧 Maddy Savage meets some of the country's super-rich: bbc.in/3WnFvkw

Det är något ruttet i svensk fiskeriförvaltning. Stort avslöjande av ⁦Sveriges Natur⁩: När Fiskeriverket ”flyttade ut” trålgränsen i Kattegatt 2004 - smusslade tjänstemän in nya definitioner s ledde till att trålgränsen istället flyttades IN! Skandal sverigesnatur.org/aktuellt/tralg…

UN experts are "horrified" at the mass graves unearthed in the Gaza Strip -- 390+ bodies at Nasser & Al Shifa hospitals, including of women and children, "many reportedly showing signs of torture & summary executions" and potentially "people buried alive.” ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

If only there was a way to reduce the EU:s dependency on Russia in a way that would also benefit the environment... Agroecology Europe IFOAM Organics Europe ft.com/content/90d977…

🤮 Almost half of septic tanks failed inspection in '23 🤮Another rise in cases where issues notified over 2 yrs before are still not addressed so many continually polluting our water! We need more inspections! We need stronger enforcement! 🤮 epa.ie/publications/c…

This week, together with over 140 other organisations, we published a joint statement warning of the consequences of the current attack on EU's green rules🚨👇🧵 euractiv.com/section/agricu…

The demise of rivers is sadly entangled with vanishing of insects & the birds who eat them. Insecticide & weedkiller washing into water, road runoff pollution, & sewage all kill off many of the invertebrates birds need to survive. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

#EUbarometer show water pollution a top concern for Europeans👇 🧪84% worry about impacts of harmful chemicals on the environment Pollution drives water scarcity, biodiversity loss and is costing us dearly and must be addressed with urgency to secure long-term #WaterResilience

Toxic Fashion High Toxic #PFAS level haunt The fashion industry and contaminate Bangladesh’s capital waterways New Study reveals levels 54,000 times above advisory levels Read Sarah Johnson theguardian.com/global-develop…

89.3 million Americans have the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS in their drinking water, according to new EPA data. Check out if your tap is affected by exploring interactive contamination map- ewg.life/3OyToIg

In a challenging year for salmon why does Sweden and Finland increase this years quota by moving over unused catch from 2023, fish that were not there, to this year? Is it legal maybe, is it correct NO WAY. sportfiskarna.se/Om-oss/Aktuell…

Are you part of a local river-action group? Are you wondering how to investigate pollution from highway runoff on your river? Then wonder no more. Stormwater Shepherds UK have written a guide to help volunteer groups to measure highway runoff pollution: stormwatershepherds.org.uk/2024/06/06/hel…

The #GoldenAlgae is back in the #Oder/#Odra and dead fish are reappearing in various sections of the river. In #Glogow (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) up to 600 kilograms of it were fished out this week. #PrymnesiumParvum - via Wyborcza.pl Wrocław

Algal blooms are made worse because there are fewer invertebrates to filter feed on algae, reducing risk of it's growing out of control. Thanks to Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 for explaining this to me & to Bill Smith for the lovely photo. 9/9

⚠️Our water quality is at risk! EU governments are planning to weaken EU rules that help protect our waters from pollution. This could have serious consequences on nature and the water we drink and swim in! #ProtectWater Malcolm Noonan T.D. Eamon Ryan 👉euronews.com/green/2024/06/…

🌊Did you know that the quality of the water we drink, swim in & use to grow crops is under threat? The 🇪🇺 has robust rules to #ProtectWater but governments are seeking to weaken rules on pollution and water quality. pan-europe.info/press-releases…

BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 Today, EU Member States have allowed themselves to continue polluting water for the next decades 🤯 78% of Europeans want the EU to do more - not less - to tackle #WaterPollution! 💧✊ Our joint Press Release👉eeb.org/eu-member-stat… WWF EU PAN Europe

Water pollution in Europe could be about to get worse 🤢 🇪🇺Member States are weakening #WFD water protection rules & delaying deadlines for phasing out pollutants like #PFAS and glyphosate behind closed🚪 We've uncovered what's going on 👉wwf.eu/?14137891/EU-M…

.@hhollert Ksenia Groh Matthias Liess (UFZ) and Marco Franco (Eawag) emphasising to the participants of World Biodiversity Forum that chemical pollution is one of the main stressors that drives #biodiversity decline.