Russia aims ‘foreign agent’ law at green NGO
The Ecologist | September 15, 2015The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a ‘foreign agent’ label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a ‘political activity’.
Nederland sponsort Oekraïense plofkip
duurzaamnieuws | September 14, 2015De grootste kippenproducent in Oekraïne, Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), slacht jaarlijks naar schatting 332 miljoen kippen en staat op het punt de productie met 70% te verhogen. MHP krijgt daarbij ruim baan van de Oekraïense overheid, exporteert tegen gunstige voorwaarden naar Nederland en profiteert bovendien van een half miljard aan leningen van internationale ontwikkelingsbanken. Bij de schaalvergroting spelen ook Nederlandse banken en bedrijven een rol. Intussen ondervinden de bewoners in de omgeving van Europa’s grootste kippenstal steeds meer overlast van stank en zwaar verkeer en worden zij onder druk gezet om hun land te verpachten. Met het rapport Chicken Run heeft SOMO de bedrijfsstrategieën van MHP en de daaruit voortvloeiende impact op omliggende dorpen in kaart gebracht.
U Parizu prosvjed zbog Plomina C
Glas Istre | September 11, 2015Prosvjedna okupljanja protiv izgradnje TE Plomin C održana su ovih dana u Parizu i Zagrebu. Njihov cilj bio je prisiliti veliku francusku banku Crédit Agricole da se povuče iz ovog projekta. Ta je banka, inače, izabrana za financijskog savjetnika japanske tvrtke Marubeni u poslu oko izgradnje novog bloka plominske termoelektrane.
Međunarodna kampanja protiv Plomina C
Radio Labin | September 11, 2015Otpor protiv izgradnje termoelektrane Plomin C nastavlja jačati na međunarodnoj razini. Jučer su protiv ovog projekta održane dvije akcije – u Parizu i Zagrebu. Cilj obje akcije je prisiliti francusku banku Crédit Agricole, koja je preuzela ulogu financijskog savjetnika za Plomin C, da se povuče iz ovog projekta.
Pritisak na Credit Agricole da Presante Savjentovati TE Plomin
EnergyPress.net | September 10, 2015Danas su protiv projekta TE Plomin C na ugljen održane dvije akcije zelenih, u Parizu i Zagrebu. Cilj obje akcije je prisiliti francusku banku Crédit Agricole, koja je preuzela ulogu financijskog savjetnika HEP-a za Plomin C, da se povuče iz ovog projekta.
Zagreb i Pariz: “Francuska banka Crédit Agricole mora se povući iz projekta Plomin C”
H-Alter | September 10, 2015Performansom ispred francuskog veleposlanstva u Zagrebu Zelena akcija, Greenpeace i Bankwatch danas su zatražili od banke Crédit Agricole da se povuče iz svih poslova vezanih uz Plomin C, a akciju s istim zahtjevom istovremeno su izveli i francuski aktivisti.
Zeleni pritišću financijske savjetnike za TE Plomin C
Energetika-Net | September 10, 2015Od francuske banke Credit Acricole traži se da prestane financijski savjetovati HEP
Dirty fuel, dirty money
Contributoria | September 1, 2015Despite their pledges to fight climate change, banks are still investing in fossil fuel extraction Imagine the scenario. You are a committed eco-warrior. You save water, turn off your lights, cycle or use public transport whenever possible; you boycott companies and products that harm the environment; you’ve even cut down drastically on meat and dairy products, all to do your bit for the planet. Then one day you discover that, against your knowledge, you are directly funding climate change. How on earth could that be, you might be forgiven for asking?
Coal fouls Balkans’ EU ambitions
Politico | August 28, 2015The western Balkans aren’t buying in to the EU’s energy policies. The western Balkans are hoping to join the European Union one day, but governments across the region are investing in new coal-fired power plants at a time when the EU is championing renewables and energy efficiency.
Activists help put the brakes on Balkan hydro projects
Newsbase | August 27, 2015Balkan governments are under mounting pressure to curb the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs) in national parks and wildlife areas, where hundreds of projects are planned or underway. Environmental campaigners have already scored successes in halting new HPPs. In late July, Croatia’s environment ministry rejected Hrvatska Elektroprivreda’s impact study for its 68-MW Ombla HPP near historic Dubrovnik, Courts in Republika Srpska (RS) have twice this year backed activists’ claims that environmental assessments on proposed plants in the Sutjeska National Park were flawed.
