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Police arrested 75 protestors at the weekend who were taking part in the Extinction Rebellion actions in Brussels.
Following three years of record-breaking summer temperatures and an unusually warm and dry spring, Brussels is working on a drought plan for the very first time.
As if the coronavirus was not bad enough, Flanders is facing a drought this summer.
Thousands of premature deaths from air pollution could be avoided if Belgium gives proper thought to the post-coronavirus future of its towns and cities, experts have said in an open letter
Flanders has been saved from an ecological disaster on the river Scheldt. A co-ordinated effort has prevented pollution from a sugar refinery in France from flowing down the river.
Brussels' environment minister has condemned the "huge waste" of energy caused by the city's digital billboard ads - which each consume the equivalent of five households.
The Port of Ostend has announced plans to build a plant that produces green hydrogen. The goal is to have the plant be operational by 2025, the port said in a statement.
Police arrested 185 activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement for an act of "civil disobedience" on the closing weekend of the Brussels Motor Show.
A legal challenge has been launched to save a vital railway link to the Port of Brussels - which will otherwise have to be dug up by the end of this year.
