EIB na Slovensku financuje plyn, u susedov obnoviteľné zdroje
Euractiv Slovakia | November 10, 2011Z prostriedkov európskych bánk by sa pri Žiline mala postaviť kogeneračná plynová elektráreň. Neziskové organizácie i obyvatelia však upozorňujú na neexistujúce environmentálne zhodnotenie a neefektívnosť vynaložených prostriedkov.
A greener budget?
European Voice | October 27, 2011Commission plans to allocate much more of the EU budget to climate issues are proving controversial.
NGOs urge stop to EBRD loan for Dalmatian hydropower plant
Croatian Times | October 26, 2011Environmental organizations in Croatia and abroad are urging the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) not to go ahead with a planned 123 million Euro loan for the Ombla hydropower plant near Dubrovnik because of devastating consequences the plant’s construction could have on the environment.
Protest proti Teš 6
RTV Slovenia | October 20, 2011http://tvslo.si/predvajaj/dnevnik/ava2.118804865/#ava2.118804218;;
No EU funds for Czech incinerators
Recycling Portal | October 17, 2011The Czech Republic plans to build three new incinerators with EU regional funds available for big waste management projects in the current EU budget (2007-2013). According to information provided to CEE Bankwatch Network by the Czech State Environmental Fund, a mechanical-biological waste treatment plant (MBT) would be three times cheaper per installed ton capacity to build than incinerators. This difference will eventually be passed on to the households in price for waste management.
Incinerators ‘should not get cohesion funds’
ENDS Europe | October 14, 2011MEPs and member states must ban the use of EU cohesion funds for incinerator projects when they legislate on the European Commission’s package of proposals to overhaul cohesion policy, according to green group CEE Bankwatch.
Schweizer Geld für dubiose Kohlekraftwerke
20 minuten online | October 8, 2011Die Bedenken gegenüber der Stromproduktion aus Kohle wachsen. Doch die Schweiz beteiligt sich weiter finanziell an Kraftwerken – auch an solchen, die negative Schlagzeilen machen.
Belgrade Court Orders Investigation into Kolubara Case
Balkan Insight | October 6, 2011Belgrade’s Special Court has ordered an investigation into the former director of Serbia’s strip mining complex and 16 others on suspicion that they incurred financial damages to the company worth over €10 million.
Serbia: cleaning up like the neighbours
Financial Times | October 4, 2011The arrest of a former mining boss on the Macedonia-Greece border might seem far from the corridors of Brussels, but the desire for EU membership takes many forms.
Conference highlights green corridors’ benefits
ENDS Europe | September 26, 2011Green corridors have an important role to play in delivering new transport policy goals in the European Commission’s March white paper, the Polish EU presidency said at a conference held in Szczecin, Poland, last week.