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Belgium’s green parties – Ecolo and Groen – have officially launched a research project into the possibility of staging a second car-free day in Brussels.
A Brussels court has decided to ask advice from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) concerning the suit filed by five citizens against the Brussels-Capital Region last year.
According to an open letter to the government of the Brussels-Capital Region signed by more than 100 Belgian doctors, scientists and health organisations, 600 people die prematurely every year in
Belgian consumers use more than 1 billion plastic bags every year, or about 98 bags per person, writes Het Nieuwsblad based on research by the green progressive party Groen.
Dead ducks have been spotted floating on the lake in Brussels' Bois de la Cambre every day for the past month, according to Captain Philippe, who is in charge of the pontoon boat that
Belgian piglets have been given a controversial drug since 2013 that, according to experts, is harmful to humans and the environment, report Het Laatste Nieuws and De Mor
Fine particulate matter concentrations in Brussels are highest in Rue de la Loi and in the municipality of Forest, according to a study by University of Antwerp professor Roeland Sams
The government of the Brussels-Capital Region does not comply with the European regulations on air pollution, according to the environmental law group ClientEarth, which is therefore
A study by the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) shows that some 29 million cars and trucks on European roads, of which nearly 1.4 million in Belgium, exceed the EU-imposed st
