Pollution
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Belgium: ‘Contaminated fire extinguishing water claims one life’
6 May 201325PresseuropDe Standaard -
Belgium: ‘Traffic is a bigger polluter than industry’
15 April 201360 5PresseuropDe Morgen -
Baltic: Chemical threat lurking beneath the sea
26 March 2013808 13 Uważam Rze Warsaw -
Pollution: A time bomb under the Northern seas
16 November 2011959 2 Trouw Amsterdam -
Spain: The illuminati of Europe
4 March 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Spain: Cities gasping for air
9 February 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Hungary: The toxic sludge event - Act II
11 October 2010PresseuropNépszabadság -
Industry: Hungary's red tide
8 October 201064 1 Presseurop -
Baltic Sea: The big cleanup begins
11 February 2010PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat -
After COP15: Polluting just got cheaper
23 December 2009PresseuropPolitiken -
CO2 Emissions: Find your local polluter
11 November 2009PresseuropPúblico -
Biodiversity: Future going dark on the Black Sea
10 November 200918 Gandul Bucharest -
Toxic Waste: Trafigura deliberately poisoned Ivory Coast
17 September 2009PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Petrol: For a few barrels more
23 July 200917 2 Vrij Nederland Amsterdam -
Pollution: North Sea sickness
9 July 200923 De Standaard Brussels
Thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons sunk in the Baltic Sea after WWII pose a lethal hazard to humans and the environment. After 70 years at the bottom of the sea, the corroded containers risk leaking deadly poisons, warns a Polish journalist. 
The seas around Europe are threatened by a new source of pollution. Thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons will corrode and start to leak. In the Baltic, the possible consequences are being investigated. 
Hungary’s toxic sludge spill is now threatening to pollute the Danube. For the European press, the ecological disaster highlights the need for greater European regulation of industry. 
Once a trove of marine biodiversity, the Black Sea is now losing its sturgeon, sharks and dolphins – after having driven its seals and shrimp to extinction. The culprits are pollution, overfishing and poaching. 
Royal Dutch Shell is the world's biggest company, according to Fortune rankings. It's also more ecological, more transparent, and safer, its new directors proclaim. At the end of June, the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland published a lengthy investigation of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant. A big carbon footprint, oil spills, and serious shadowy areas persist. Excerpts follow. 
Plastic, chemicals and toxic bombs: the waters off the Belgian shore are increasingly polluted. Scientists fear for the survival of marine flora and fauna.