NGOs lodge legal challenge against vast new petrochemical plant in Antwerp | Environment
The construction of Europe’s biggest petrochemical plant in 30 years is facing a new legal challenge from a group of NGOs who say the true impact of the development on people, nature and the climate has not been taken into account. Client Earth filed papers in court on Wednesday night seeking to block Sir Jim […]
Belgian Farmers Blockade Port of Antwerp Amid Battle with EU
Hundreds of tractors blocked the Belgian port of Antwerp on Tuesday as farmers continued their fight against Brussels’ environmental and free trade policies ahead of European elections. Around 500 tractors blocked traffic on roads around the port of Antwerp in northern Belgium to protest environmental and agricultural policies imposed by their government and the European […]