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Italian communities block pipeline works to save ancient olive trees

March 23, 2017 | Read more

An ancient olive grove in southern Italy is currently on the frontlines of grassroots resistance to the Southern Gas Corridor project, the EU’s flagship energy project.

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The EU budget: Unlocking a new vision for Europe

March 20, 2017 | Read more

The key to unlocking a more inspiring and politically winnable New Vision for a strong Europe may well be the next European budget.

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Hatching discontent in Ukraine

March 16, 2017 | Read more

In Ukraine, big agriculture uses unscrupulous methods to manufacture consensus for expansion and marginalise local communities – often with the support of international donors.

Tackling gender inequality at the EU’s flagship energy project

March 7, 2017 | Read more

It is fitting that we use today to reflect on the European Investment Bank’s new Strategy on Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment: 8 March is International Women’s Day. Adopted at the beginning of this year, the strategy complements the ban

[Campaign update] Ukrainian nuclear power consultations could be Potemkin villages

March 3, 2017 | Read more

On Sunday, March 5, nuclear reactor number 3 at the Zaporizhia power plant in Ukraine, Europe’s largest nuclear power station, will reach the end of its 30 year lifespan. Kiev wants to keep this Soviet-era nuclear unit going for at least ten more years

Small is (not always) beautiful: small hydro development in the Western Balkans

February 28, 2017 | Read more

It has long been recognised that the human and environmental costs of large dams are extremely high. But what about small ones? Here we unpack some of the myths being spread about small hydropower in the Balkans.

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