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Doing the same thing and expecting different results: Mongolia plans to curb air pollution with more coal

3 May, 2017

A new law on air pollution recently adopted by the Mongolian government is in part the result of massive demonstrations against air pollution in the capital. The new policy, however, involves even more reliance on coal.

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Planned power plants in the Balkans need review as EU adopts tougher pollution standards

28 April, 2017

The European Union has today approved an updated set of binding standards for power plants, which include new, stricter pollution limits. In the Western Balkans, planned new coal capacities are most likely to be affected by the updated regulations.

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National and local levels play secondary role in Green Climate Fund, European Investment Bank project illustrates

25 April, 2017

The use of international financial institutions to manage projects within the Green Climate Fund framework has been criticised as too far removed from communities and those affected by the investments. Recently approved projects, the biggest of them administered by the European Investment Bank confirm this view, despite willingness to include civil society.

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Why no Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (NO TAP), here or elsewhere

13 April, 2017

This article first appeared on the Re:Common website. It was the end of February and the scene is Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. During an official meeting, the Italian government was severely criticised for the considerable delays in the constructio

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Balkans are gambling on coal as EU utilities opt out

12 April, 2017

Eurelectric members have pledged to build no new coal power stations from 2020. So why do firms in Serbia and Bosnia still think they can make coal pay?

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