Shell and Goldman enter Public Eye Hall of Shame

28 January 2013  | Live Mint and the Wall Street Journal

http://www.livemint.com/Multimedia/BHgmhcY3GkzTzR1Ho296GI/Shell-and-Goldman-Sachs-enter-Public-Eye-Hall-of-Shame.html

Triinu Vaab: Tähtis on mõju, mitte suurus

20 January 2013  | Maaleht (Estonia)

Euroopa Liidu riigipead vaidlevad ühise eelarve suuruse üle, Eesti jaoks peaks saadavast summast olulisem olema abiraha strateegiline suunamine.

Which is the world’s worst company?

17 January 2013  | New Internationalist

Reputation isn’t always a good thing. In an age of ‘corporate social responsibility’, corporations definitely don’t want to be known as ‘the worst company of the year’.

Ethiopia: Govt’s Controversial Gibe III Mega-Dam

16 January 2013  | allAfrica

The Gibe III dam could help Ethiopia’s development, but it might also be disastrous for the environment and threaten half a million people’s livelihoods.

First do no harm – no subsidies for Šoštanj

14 January 2013  | Social Europe Journal

To help stop the planet warming to a disastrous extent Europe must increase the price of energy paid by energy consumers. A huge redirection of private and public investment is needed. And unless we are extremely successful in increasing the energy efficiency of our economy, we will almost certainly also need schemes to organise a socially acceptable reduction of average working time (see here).

EIB signs €440-million loan guarantee for controversial coal plant

14 January 2013  | EurActiv

The European Investment Bank has signed a €440-million loan guarantee with the Slovenian government for a crisis-plagued 600 megawatt lignite TEŠ 6 coal plant, but the deal could yet be sunk by concerns about the climate and corruption.