[Campaign update] The reality of resettlement in Kolubara: Out of the frying pan into the fire
Blog entry | 4 June, 2013A quick visit to the Kolubara mining basin reveals that the resettlement there looks nothing like the presentation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Read moreFace the future: Members of European Parliament discuss energy lending of European public banks
Blog entry | 3 June, 2013A roundtable discussion on European public banks and energy lending brought together Members of the European Parliament and non-governmental organisations, while the public banks themselves chose to stay away.
Read moreVictory for civil society as EBRD cancels loan for controversial Croatian dam
Blog entry | 28 May, 2013Today we’re relieved in Zagreb as one energy project that could have had a destructive impact on Croatia’s future has lost its financing and thus its chances of going ahead are drastically reduced: I’m speaking about the infamous Ombla dam, a project for an underground hydropower plant that would have practically destroyed a protected area close to Dubrovnik.
Read moreVictory for civil society as EBRD cancels loan for controversial Croatian dam
Press release | 28 May, 2013Zagreb, May 28 – Croatian electricity company HEP and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have cancelled a EUR 123 million loan contract for the controversial Ombla underground hydropower plant near Dubrovnik, HEP has announced yesterday. The EBRD financing would have covered the biggest bulk of the EUR 152.4 million estimated to be needed for construction.
Read moreDivesting from coal is not ideology but climate science – a reminder for the EBRD
Blog entry | 14 May, 2013The energy director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has made astonishing statements about coal investments prompting Bankwatch’s EBRD campaign team to react.
Read more[Campaign update] EBRD still not withdrawing from damaging Ombla hydropower project, NGOs call on bank to heed new evidence
Blog entry | 13 May, 2013Despite having a slew of good reasons not to support the damaging Ombla hydropower plan in Croatia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development still didn’t confirm during recent meetings that it would withdraw from the project.
Read moreFair treatment is a long time coming at Serbia’s Kolubara lignite mine
Blog entry | 13 May, 2013People from the Kolubara mine basin in Serbia have many stories to tell about the hardships they face due to the lignite mining operations. Serbian Bankwatcher Nikola Perusic adds his account to two stories in the guardian and in Bankwatch Mail 56.
Read moreNo end in sight for EBRD coal finance
Press release | 10 May, 2013Istanbul – With the 2013 EBRD annual meetings underway and in spite of repeated commitments to sustainability, the bank is set to continue financing coal projects that will dangerously aggravate climate change.
Read morePublic action: Croatian coal power plant besieged by 680 bodies
Blog entry | 10 May, 2013Yesterday, Green Action/Zelena Akcija, Greenpeace and Green Istria staged a spooky public action to raise attention for the findings of a new study that predicts approximately 17 early deaths annually due to the planned new 500 MW unit at the Plomin coal power plant in Croatia.
Read moreGuest post: Development banks and the Arab Spring, new report takes stock
Blog entry | 6 May, 2013A new report takes a critical look at the engagement of European development banks in Egypt after the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North African region. This article appeared originally on the Counter Balance blog and has been shortened and slightly edited.
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