Kill the funding. Kill the pipeline.
November 1, 2017 | Read more
The anti fossil fuels movement 350.org calls for cutting off the funding to new gas infrastructure for Europe – namely for the ‘carbon bomb’ that is the Southern Gas Corridor.
A new report from Corporate Europe Observatory shows why the fire-power of the gas industry makes it a powerful and effective lobbying force in Brussels and national capitals. Meanwhile, public interest groups have a fraction of the resources and access.
Green Climate Fund’s preference for big players weakens transparency
October 31, 2017 | Read more
The 18th meeting of the Green Climate Fund in the beginning of October confirmed again that big institutions are getting the biggest share of finances. This time it was the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development who left its mark.
The government is heading downhill in the Kresna Gorge with an EU funded motorway project. The European Commission watches the tragedy unfold and overlooks persisting procedural and legal flaws.
In an interview, a teacher from Chuberi in the Svaneti mountains gave us an impression of how the project developers of the planned Nenskra dam engage with locals.
Fossil fuel subsidies by European public banks are underwriting climate change
September 28, 2017 | Read more
European public banks who have repeatedly voiced their commitment to tackling the climate crisis and ‘greening’ their investment portfolios continue to dole out cash for fossil fuels extraction, distribution and consumption.
