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Living river – or transport canal?

WWF Danube Campaign Old-fashioned river engineering projects put forward by national governments and supported by the European Union could transform our living Danube into little more than a shipping canal. Over 1,000 km of the Danube could be artificially deepened, … Continue reading

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Danube cleanup plan adopted by 14 nations

AP VIENNA — Fourteen countries and the European Commission have adopted a cleanup plan for the Danube River and its tributaries. The Danube flows 2,857 kilometers (1,775 miles) from southern Germany’s Black Forest to the Black Sea and is polluted … Continue reading

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