North Macedonia must ditch its unrealistic gas plans and cut to a clean energy future
February 15, 2024
This briefing explains why the international community must not be complicit in creating stranded assets or increased gas lock-in in North Macedonia.
‘It’s like installing a fixed-line telephone’ Why is North Macedonia planning an oversized gas pipeline without any public debate?
February 14, 2024
As the EU reduces its gas consumption, North Macedonia is planning the opposite. Why is it building a large new import pipeline, why has it failed to consult the public, and why are EU banks supporting it?
Bar: Government and citizens against the LNG terminal in Port, concerned about health, biodiversity, tourism and economy
January 31, 2024
The local government announced that it will raise the question of the construction of the gas terminal in the state parliament, that is, …
DOCUMENT Cel mai mare proiect de extracție de gaze din Marea Neagră românească, declarat ca având ″amprentă de carbon negativă″. Pe ce se bazează eticheta climatică
January 16, 2024
Neptun Deep, cel mai mare proiect de extracție de gaze naturale offshore din Marea Neagră românească, dezvoltat de OMV Petrom și Romgaz, va …
Time to put an end to Albania’s fossil fuel déjà vu
December 21, 2023
In the last two decades, residents of Vlora, a lively tourist city on the Albanian coast, have had a slew of mostly unsuccessful oil and gas projects foisted on them. No wonder a recent event there called on the government to stop its costly fossil fuel experiments and seize the opportunity to declare Albania’s electricity production and consumption 100 per cent renewable.
Devex Invested: As the year ends, a new boss at EIB
December 19, 2023
Institutional Development …
How Russia won a ‘dangerous loophole’ for fossil gas at Cop28
December 15, 2023
With the EU ambivalent and small island states absent, Russia’s call for “transitional fuels” – read gas – made it into the Cop28 agreement …
COP28: The EU’s climate goals and the Western Balkans challenge
November 30, 2023
EU members are set to push at the upcoming COP28 climate summit for an agreement to gradually phase out fossil fuels that emit carbon …
The EU and US are fossil-fooling the Western Balkans with gas How can the region cut to a clean future?
November 29, 2023
The Western Balkans’ energy transition is finally starting to pick up pace. But false solutions such as fossil gas threaten to divert resources and create new fossil-fuel lock-in. So why do the European Union (EU) and United States (US) continue to push such projects in the region and what can be done about it?
CEE Bankwatch slams new wave of Balkan gas projects
November 24, 2023
The Bulgaria-Serbia Gas Interconnection is recognised as an EU Project of Common Interest. / European Union …