We are surrounded by disaster movies that come with heroes and happy endings, but maybe they are lulling us into false hope.

A recent study shows higher than previously recorded levels of microplastics in coastal seagrass beds in the Baltic Sea.

As the electric car industry demands more rare minerals for battery production, this is why we shouldn't mine them from the seabed.

Estonian author Mikhel Mutt argues that we don't need to just change the fuel in our cars, but ourselves.

Research shows a direct link between GDP per capita and electric car uptake, and the Baltics are not doing well.

Each medal hung ceremoniously around the neck of a victorious athlete is made from recycled precious metals from unwanted electronic devices.

Decarbonising road freight is a lot more challenging than private cars, could overhead cables be the way to reduce emissions.

After months of activism the EU has withdrawn the amendment which would have stopped plant-based dairy from using descriptions like 'creamy'.

Estonia, like Poland, is facing potential big fines if it does not stop the practice of logging in protected forest areas.

Should we reforest or rewild, and just how does rewilding work anyway? Monks Wood shows a unique 60 year old example

As the race to get tourists into space gets hotter, is anyone actually paying attention to the potential climate effects of the industry.

Most people have a pretty clear opinion about shale oil extraction, but the Estonian courts seem a little undecided.

There are a lot of possible reasons not to love Facebook, but these days environmental sustainability might not be on of them.

Planting trees can have a real effect on climate both locally and globally, including a big effect on rainfall levels.

If you are in Vilnius this summer with some free time, then why not take part in the 'Septyniolika' sustainability challenge.

We use more palm oil than any other vegetable oil, yet it is the world's 'most hated crop', how did that happen?

Denmark has a history of wind power, and now they are building artificial islands to create more capacity than ever before.

Speakers at a Research and Innovation Day event present proposals for new urban design projects reconnecting with people and nature.

Estonia does well in the new city air quality index from the European Environment Agency, Lithuania and Latvia slightly less so.

Terviseamet has issued a caution people bathing at three different beaches due to high levels of water pollution at Pärnu and Tallinn.

Should Riga be celebrating this festival about nature and the great outdoors by promoting cars or by promoting public transport?

As the world demand for batteries grows, we need to use better ways to recover the precious metals used to make them.

Ieva Budraitė, the Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Green Party, explains why we need to take action to stop food waste.

The world's first autonomous hydrogen powered vehicle to be granted road legal status was publicly launched in Tartu on July 5th.

Thirty years after the end of the Soviet Union, a strong legacy still affects the relationship between society and the environment.

Norway aims to be carbon neutral by 2050 but still sees production of oil and gas 'in a long term persepctive'.

What five young experts and activists say the bioeconomy means to them, and what needs to happen for it to become a reality.

Last week, the Riigikogu voted to ban fur farming, making Estonia the first of the Baltic states to do so.

The oceans are our greatest shared resource, and sustainable development can never really happen if they are not healthy.

White surfaces have a cooling effect on the planet, and painting buildings with whiter-than-white paint cools them dramatically.

June 6th is World River Cleanup, with volunteers removing trash from more than 700 stretches of waterway around the world.

The new documentary explores how human activity has pushed Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept it stable for 10,000 years.

The renewed fight against climate change has to mobilise not only the young but also the often overlooked elderly demographic.

This June 4-5, the World Environment Day event also marks the launch of the UN Decade On Ecosystem Restoration.

Trees, crops and organic waste can be transformed into plastics used to make everything from rubbish bags to plane wings.

We all have pre-conceived ideas about which countries are most climate friendly, but there are some suprises in the rankings.