Updates on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

NGO request to SEIC to disclose for public comment its draft oil spill prevention and response plans for Sakhalin II

Bankwatch Mail 31

In this issue: Planes, loans and automobiles * Kyrgyzstan’s government rejected HIPC shackles thanks to public pressure * Editorial: Double standards for how much longer? * The nuclear white elephant in Bulgaria’s room * Rospuda interview – EU law in the driving seat * First PPP motorway in Russia to cause problems for thousands of people * Your voice in Europe: support the Green paper on urban transport

Kazakh NGOs letter of concern about the EBRD Mittal Steel Temirtau Health & Safety Project

On May 8, 2007 EBRD answered this letter. Download the response as pdf here. Also on June 13, 2007 mr Alistair Clark, Director of EBRD’s Environment Department sent the following letter.

Complaint to the EBRD Independent Recourse Mechanism regarding the Vlora Thermal Power project

Green Istria comments on the draft EBRD Croatian Country Strategy

Green Action comments on the draft EBRD Croatian Country Strategy

Joint letter to the EBRD Environmental department from Ukrainian NGOs regarding flawed public hearings on a transmission line project

Letter to EC representatives on breaches of law in Zagreb incinerator EIA approval

On November 24, 2006 Francois Delcuellerie, EC Desk Officer for Croatia answered to this letter. Download the response as pdf here. On September 3, 2007 Marijan Galovic of Green Action sent update to the originall letter. Download it as pdf here. On January 28, 2008 Croatian Ministry of Environment responded to the above. Download the letter as pdf here.

Bankwatch Mail 30

In this issue: Race against time to salvage EU funding for sustainable energy in the new member states * Bulgaria’s nuclear dowry * Customer complaints hit EIB shopping centre loan in Hungary * Hot air could become hotter in Ukraine * EBRD Environmental Policy Review is rolling * Short cuts over houses required for more growth in Slovakia * Toxic dump in a marine reserve? * World Bank Group’s renewable energy numbers exposed * NGO energy report * EBRD pigs to fly again?

Boom Time Blues: Big oil’s gender impacts in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Sakhalin

This new study, based on a field research in April 2006 by Bankwatch and Gender Action, examines the gender impacts of the BTC pipeline project in Azerbaijan and Georgia, and the Sakhalin II oil and gas project on Sakhalin Island.