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Chernobyl at 26: nuclear dynamite is growing in Ukraine

April 26, 2012 | by Iryna Holovko

26 years ago, the days after the nuclear accident in Chernobyl had been marked by the glaring lack of information. Today, Europe's population is similarly clueless as back then about the nuclear risk brewing in Ukraine.

EBRD
Energy & climate
anniversary, Chernobyl, energy grab, EU neighbourhood, Euratom, nuclear, transparency
Suspension or no suspension, the EBRD freezes disbursements for the Šoštanj lignite power plant

April 18, 2012 | by Piotr Trzaskowski

With the decision to freeze the disbursement of a loan for the Šoštanj lignite power plant in Slovenia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development seemingly reacts to the many controversial points Bankwatch and other organisations have raised about the project.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
coal, corruption, EU, Sostanj, TES6, fossil fuels, success
Khimki Forest activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize

April 16, 2012 | by Pippa Gallop

One of this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize is Russian Khimki Forest defender Evgenia Chirikova, but the good news is being overshadowed by continued violence against other Khimki activists.

EBRD
EIB
Transport
Social & economic impacts
activism, CEE, corruption, forest, Goldman, prize, road, Vinci, human rights, PPP, success
Campaign asks UniCredit to 'get out of coal'

April 12, 2012 | by Sven Haertig-Tokarz

Pressure is growing not only on international financial institutions but also on private banks to stop financing fossil fuels.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
accountability, banks, campaign, coal, petition, Slovenia, UniCredit, fossil fuels
Yet another bail-out package? A comeback to 'The Vienna Initiative and financial stability in emerging Europe'

March 30, 2012 | by Roman Havlicek

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development promotes the support for western European banks in central and eastern Europe although evidence for this initiative's success is disputable at best.

EBRD
Social & economic impacts
bail-out, banks, CEE, credit crunch, crisis, economics, EU, financial intermediaries, global loans, SMEs
Mining in protected areas, an update on Kumtor and Centerra Gold

March 28, 2012 | by Vladlena Martsynkevych

Centerra Gold is being criticised for its activities in protected areas at the Kumtor gold mine and at another project in Mongolia. More lessons to be learnt for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

EBRD
Social & economic impacts
Other harmful projects
biodiversity, Centerra, Central Asia, gold, Kumtor, natural resources, protected areas, extractive industries, mining
Corporate largesse meets scepticism at World Water Forum

March 21, 2012 | by Sven Haertig-Tokarz

Criticism and protests around the World Water Forum have highlighted the risk of hydropower projects being greenwashed and the dangers these installations can pose to people and nature in many countries.

EBRD
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Other harmful projects
Balkans, biodiversity, Caucasus, dams, hydropower, local impacts, energy security
The two sides of reality – what the BTC pipeline means for the EBRD in north Africa

March 19, 2012 | by Manana Kochladze

To illustrate its readiness to help Arab Spring countries, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development draws on the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan pipeline project as a positive example. Having closely followed the project, Manana Kochladze outlines why people in north Africa should be wary of what’s to come when the EBRD enters their countries.

EBRD
Social & economic impacts
Arab spring, BTC, democratisation, employment, gender, local impacts, pipeline, SEMED, Southern Mediterranean
Ukraine's risky nuclear future shouldn't receive European support

March 9, 2012 | by Iryna Holovko

Ukraine plans to extend the lifetimes of its fifteen nuclear reactors, most of which will soon pass their expiration date. A new report shows how these plans that are pursued in utter silence have seen only an inadequate assessment.

EBRD
Energy & climate
EBRD, EU neighbourhood, Euratom, expansion, Fukushima, lifetime, safety, stress tests, Ukraine, EU, nuclear
The European Commission, an EBRD shareholder that should start acting like one

March 1, 2012 | by Pippa Gallop

Recent Balkan hydro projects suggest the European Commission could make much better use of its shareholder role in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

EBRD
Other harmful projects
Balkans, biodiversity, decision making, environmental protection, hydropower, Natura 2000, European Commission

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