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Greenpeace campaigns for Marmara Sea: ‘Stop the wastewater discharge’

Greenpeace campaigns for Marmara Sea: ‘Stop the wastewater discharge’

Greenpeace Mediterranean has raised concerns that wastewater the volume of 280 olympic pools mixes with the Marmara Sea from the Ergene River every day: “The solution is to close the water valves discharging the waste water.”

2 November 2021

Iconic Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise in İstanbul

Iconic Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise in İstanbul

Supporting campaigns about biodiversity and climate change across the world, Greenpeace’s iconic vessel Arctic Sunrise came to İstanbul on September 28 to raise concerns and publicity about the pollution in the Marmara Sea.

30 September 2021

Ministry approves organized industrial zone on agricultural fields in Thrace

Ministry approves organized industrial zone on agricultural fields in Thrace

Cancelled by the court and planned to be located on agricultural fields in Ergene in northwestern Turkey, the plastic industrial zone is granted a “positive Environmental Impact Assessment” report by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.

20 September 2021

‘If Marmara’s cry is not heard, it will take a heavy toll’

CHP

‘If Marmara’s cry is not heard, it will take a heavy toll’

Main opposition CHP MP Yüceer has submitted a Parliamentary question about the pollution in the Ergene River in northwestern Turkey, underlining that it is one of the reasons behind the current sea snot problem in Marmara.