EIB pulls out of incinerator project after recycling warning

5 November 2019  | Ends Europe

The EU’s bank has pulled out of funding a controversial waste incinerator in Belgrade, Serbia, after the European Commission warned it could threaten environmental targets.

A hydro-powered Bitcoin boom in Georgia

4 November 2019  | BBC

How hydroelectric dams are powering cryptocurrency mining on the eastern edge of Europe. Ed Butler travels to Georgia to visit the Bitcoin mines benefiting from cheap electricity and tax benefits.

NDBG: EIB potvrdila da je spalionica u Vinči protivna pristupanju Srbije EU

25 October 2019  | Danas

Inicijativa Ne davimo Beograd saopštila je danas da je dobila i zvanični odgovor Evropske investicione banke, u kome se navodi da je odbila da finansira izgradnju spalionice u Vinči, zbog posledica koje će ovaj projekat imati po ciljeve u vezi recikliranja otpada postavljene u Poglavlju 27, odnosno po pristupanje Srbije Evropskoj uniji.

Court halts expansion of largest coal mine in Romania following Bankwatch appeal

25 October 2019  | Balkan Green Energy News

A Bucharest court has blocked an expansion of Rosia, the largest coal mine in Romania located in Gorj county, following a legal challenge to the mine’s environmental permit lodged by Bankwatch Romania.

Bucharest court blocks extension of Romania’s largest coal mine

25 October 2019  | Emerging Europe

A court in Bucharest has blocked the expansion of the Roșia coal mine in Gorj, the largest in Romania.

Environment NGO stops expansion of Romania’s largest coal mine

24 October 2019  | Romania Insider

A Bucharest court blocked the expansion of Rosia de Amaradia, the largest coal mine in Romania located in Gorj county (and operated by coal and power group CE Oltenia), following a legal challenge to the mine’s environmental permit lodged by Bankwatch Romania, the environmental organisation announced.