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An Unquenchable Thirst: Who Stole Almeria's Water

  • Agriculture
  • Environment

ALMERIA – The environmental crisis in southern Spain is hitting hard: even drinking water is becoming scarce. A 40-year free-for-all on the “Garden of Europe”, a thriving agricultural industry, has led Almeria to the brink of catastrophe. 

Small hydropower plants causing big damage to rivers in BiH

  • Energy
  • Environment

SARAJEVO - This investigation explores the damages caused to nature and small rural communities by the construction of the small hydropower plants and their access roads, and what drove investors, especially foreign ones, to seek opportunities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Hydropower plant BiH

Russian navy killing dolphins in the Black Sea

  • Armed conflict
  • Environment

ODESA - In February 2022, when Russia launched the full-scale invasion into Ukraine,  the Black Sea was one of its focal points. As a result, thousands of cetaceans died. This investigation looks into the faith of dolphins that became victims of the war. 

European night trains: A sustainable way of traveling?

  • Environment
  • Transport

BRUSSELS - Night trains are by far the most environmentally-friendly option for travels within the European continent. Why are there so few connections, and how can the system be scaled up?

(Mis)Managing Water

  • Corruption
  • Environment

ITALY/SPAIN - Both countries are considered to be under high water stress, but while a recent drought that hit Italy has mostly subsided, water scarcity is ravaging Catalonia, in northeastern Spain, laying bare the unpreparedness of water infrastructure to deal with such a traumatic manifestation of climate change.

Cecilia Butini

Ecocide in Ukraine: Environmental Impact on EU Countries

  • Armed conflict
  • Environment

KYIV - How environmental war crimes of Russians in Ukraine affect the environment of European countries? We have established that Russia is committing ecocide in Ukraine.

Taras Zozulinskyy

Water Parasites Victims: Rome and Istanbul's Effects on Regional Water Resources

  • Environment
  • Exploitation

ROME - As big cities try to cope with population growth, climate change, and more frequent droughts, the grasping for available water sources wears out small communities and ecosystems.

Federico Ambrosini

The Cost of War for the Danube Delta

  • Armed conflict
  • Environment

CANAL BISTROE – Ukraine needs to defend itself using any means at its disposal. At the same time, the Danube Delta ecosystem must remain protected. Are these two demands mutually exclusive?

Cost of war for Danube Delta

Tripoli’s Wastewater Treatment Plant: It Took 120 Mln Eur And Two Decades

  • Corruption
  • Environment

TRIPOLI — The investigation looks into the blocks and obstacles that still prevent the expensive wastewater treatment facility in Lebanon from proper functioning.

Perenco extracting oil and gas in protected areas

  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Industry

PARIS - The "Perenco System" international investigation coordinated by the Environmental Investigative Forum (EIF) in partnership with Mediapart, InfoCongo, InfoAmazonia and Convoca documents the systemic ecological impact of Perenco worldwide.