Kontrowersje wokół budowy elektrowni węglowej w Rajkowach
22 September 2011 | Portal Pomorze
PELPLIN. Nie odbyła się zaplanowana na 20 września debata o elektrowni węglowej w Rajkowach z udziałem niezależnych ekspertów, przedstawicieli inwestora oraz samych mieszkańców. Zdaniem władz gminy zabrakło czasu na jej organizację. Trwają negocjacje nad nowym terminem.
Can the EU import energy and promote democracy?
15 September 2011 | European Voice
New approach to energy deals could cause some problems.
New states’ love affair with roads must stop
9 September 2011 | ENDS Europe
The bulk of European funds allocated to transport in central and eastern European countries is used to build roads, which reduces the attractiveness of rail and helps justify even more investment in roads. The EU must help break this pattern.
Mechanism for international cooperation: Necessary or unfeasible?
8 September 2011 | Europolitics
The European Commission’s communication on security of energy supply and international cooperation (1)(see Europolitics4259), published on 7 September, was welcomed by the European People’s Party (EPP), but was labelled as one-sided, unfeasible and potentially problematic by British Conservatives, Greens and industry representatives.
UNIFE presses for more support for rail
6 September 2011 | Europolitics
UNIFE, the European association that is the voice of manufacturers of rail material and equipment (Bombardier, Alstom, ArcelorMittal, etc), wishes to see investments under European Structural Funds geared more to rail transport.
Climate Change, Coal and Curbing a Lobbyocracy?
5 August 2011 | qceablog
All EU Member States face lobbying from fossil fuel companies, and singling out any specific country does not alter the fact that it is endemic. However, a couple of very pertinent case studies have recently come to QCEA’s attention, documenting how powerful lobby groups have disproportionately skewed the debate. These cases serve to illustrate that advocating greater transparency and public discussion of the interests that different lobbyists represent, plays a crucial part in the fight against climate change.
