An experiment with EU funded sustainable transport
December 5, 2017 | Read more
A train ride offers time for reflecting on how the EU budget can be put to use for the common good.
Price tag of Georgia’s Nenskra dam goes through the roof
December 4, 2017 | Read more
New information reveals the disproportionate price that Georgia’s government guarantees to pay for electricity from the Nenskra dam. The increasingly unfavourable economics strengthen calls to finally make the project’s contract publicly available.
Interviews in Albania revealed a barrage of complaints about how the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline has been treating farmers affected by the mega gas project that may soon receive a record loan from the European Investment Bank.
Silesian coal – a quiet exit
November 27, 2017 | Read more
In Upper Silesia, Poland’s main coal region, it is difficult to find anyone who still believes that coal has a future. The region needs help in dealing with the environmental fallout from decades of a coal-centred economy and a platform to debate and define its destiny.
Europe’s murky Eastern energy deals
November 24, 2017 | Read more
Millions of euros in public money are being invested in large infrastructure projects in the EU’s eastern neighbours in total disregard for Europe’s climate goals, and local communities, writes Manana Kochladze.
The results of our independent air pollution monitoring are in, and the situation is just getting worse while the government plans even more coal power.