European Environmental Team Harassed in Kyrgyzstan
The Diplomat | October 22, 2015Kyrgyzstan’s “foreign agent” frenzy, actively supported by Russia, involved the Kyrgyz state security service (GKNB) this month after Prague-based environmental NGO CEE Bankwatch traveled to the site of protests against the Kumtor gold mine project operated by Canadian mining company Centerra Gold.
Tschechische Regierung kippt Tagebau-Erweiterungsverbot
Nov-ost.info | October 20, 2015(nov-ost.info) Die tschechische Regierung hat das Moratorium zum weiteren Ausbau des Braunkohle-Tagebaus Bílina in Nordböhmen aufgehoben. Zur Begründung des Schritts führt das Industrieminister
EIB accused of smoke and mirrors over new climate lending plan
BusinessGreen | October 9, 2015European Investment Bank ditched reference to 2050 decarbonisation target, says NGO The European Investment Bank (EIB) has been accused of exaggerating its stepped up commitment to tackling climate change this week, with campaigners accusing it of failing to deliver any real advance on its previous lending strategy. The NGO CEE Bankwatch Network accused the EIB of scrapping a reference to the EU’s 2050 decarbonisation pathway in the new strategy and carrying out a “masterpiece of PR” by making vague new commitments without specific targets.
EIB examining if VW loans used to rig emissions
Politico | October 5, 2015The European Investment Bank said Monday it is working to find out if any of its loans to Volkswagen to boost research into cleaner engines and other green technology were instead used to rig cars to cheat on emissions tests. “We are looking into our exposure, we are looking into seeing where the individual loans have been used,” said Jonathan Taylor, the bank’s vice-president.
Credit Agricole ne želi financirati TE Plomin C
energetika-net | September 30, 2015Marubenijev financijski savjetnik neće financirati TE na ugljen u bogatijim zemljama
VW got €4 billion in EIB clean technology loans
Politico | September 30, 2015The Volkswagen Group received more than €4 billion in loans from the European Investment Bank over the last decade, with much of the money going to research aimed at developing cleaner engines. The world’s largest carmaker is embroiled in a global scandal after installing so-called defeat devices in 11 million of its diesel cars to cheat on emissions standards tests, a scandal that has cost the CEO his job, opened the company to a potential fine of $18 billion in the U.S., pummelled the stock price, and prompted investigations across Europe.
Ukrajinské reaktory. Tak ďaleko a pritom tak blízko
Dennik | September 30, 2015Ukrajina chce predĺžiť životnosť jadrových reaktorov, slovenská vláda chce vedieť viac, ale Kyjev napriek záväzkom mlčí. Ukrajina práve rozhoduje o nebezpečnom projekte. Hlasy domácich kritikov sa snaží umlčať a susedné vlády, vrátane tej našej, ignoruje. Bezpečnostný garant a financmajster veľkej časti projektu, Európska komisia, žiaľ, vysiela nejasné signály.
Ucraina “ar putea încălca tratate nucleare europene”
Radio România Actualitaţi | September 30, 2015Asociaţia Bankwatch Romania şi guvernul ţării noastre atrag atenţia că Ucraina desfăşoară programe nucleare asupra cărora planează suspiciunea că încalcă tratatele internaţionale.
Environmental organizations raise stink over MHP’s poultry farm
Kyiv Post | September 22, 2015There’s an ill wind blowing in Vinnytsa Oblast, and if one of Ukraine’s biggest agriculture companies keeps growing, things could get worse for the people living nearby, environmental, corporate and bank watchdog organizations from the European Union and Ukraine say. MyronivskyHliboproduct (MHP), which runs the biggest poultry farm in Europe near the village of Ladyzhyn southeast of Vinnytsa, was the subject of two reports released this September after a fact-finding mission of six environmental watchdogs visited the area in May.
EIB board approves climate lending strategy, greens say it’s full of holes
Carbon Pulse | September 22, 2015The board of the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Tuesday approved a new climate lending strategy, which held the climate-focused portion of the bank’s total lending at 25% but aims to take climate considerations into account in all disbursements and focus on projects with more impact.
