Pollution

According to experts, the responsibility for plastic pollution extends beyond consumers – both national politicians and businesses must recognise the environment damage they contribute to. What is more, the so-called greenwashing, misleading even the most informed individuals, is also significantly ...

The Environmental Protection Department (AAD) has concluded that nearly 2 tonnes of oil had spilled into the Baltic Sea from the Būtingė oil terminal in February and damage to the environment exceeded EUR 146 thousand.

Environmental authorities will look into how much pollutants were released into the environment after a fire broke out at a car scrap yard in Vilnius on Wednesday.

According to marine scientists, the Baltic Sea is among the five most polluted seas in the world, and the consequences are evident even in Lithuania’s economy. The state of fish stocks is particularly worrying. In response, environmentalist and activist Giedrius Bučas, laureate of the President's Va...

Suspicions of possible pollution of the Curonian Lagoon have been brought against Grigeo Klaipeda and its three employees, with sources telling BNS that they include the company's former director Vidas Berzonskis who was in charged of the production facility from June, 2013 until last May.

Lithuanian prosecutors on Monday launched an investigation into environmental pollution involving untreated wastewater in Klaipeda.

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have found noise pollution is threatening the survival of more than 100 different species, the university informs in a press release.

Lithuanian residents will be able to ask for 1,000 euros in compensation when changing their old car for a less polluting.

Officials in some Lithuanian cities are skeptical about the Environment Ministry's proposal to impose restrictions on diesel cars starting in 2020.

Lithuania has asked Belarus to suspend construction work of its nuclear power plant in Astravyets until stress tests and other studies by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can be performed. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuanian representatives who are holding meetings with Belarusian officials on Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant say they do not get answers to all the questions they have about safety at the facility. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuanian institutions are looking into possible environmental impact of Volkswagen diesel cars after the German carmaker was exposed to have been falsifying emission test results. Volkswagen representatives in Lithuania have so far refrained from commenting on the scandal, but they have assured th...

The Lithuanian Environment Ministry has started a probe to find out how many Volkswagen cars equipped with software designed to cheat emissions tests there are in the country and what sanctions could be imposed on the German carmaker.

Daktaro Prano Mažeikos, Klaipėdos universiteto (KU) Jūrų technikos fakulteto Mechanikos inžinerijos katedros docento, bei dviejų ketvirtakursių studentų Aurimo Paliulio ir Dovydo Lapinsko laukia įtemptas periodas – iki gegužės pradžios užbaigti konstruoti suspaustu oru varomą transporto priemonę.

Annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Lithuania amount to 4-5 tons per capita and are among the lowest in the European Union (EU), the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in a report The European Environment - State and Outlook 2015.

Following a little more than one year's discussions, the parliament of Lithuania adopted amendments to the Law on Pollution Tax which provide for introducing a tax on landfill waste pollution.

Climate Action Network, or CAN Europe, published its "Europe's Dirty 30" report, which ranks 30 most polluting European power plants, informs Postimees Online.