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EU Funds to the rescue in Krakow – Local campaign leading the way for Polish communities sick of (and sick from) coal

21 October, 2013

The likely allocation of EU funds is set to bring about a breakthrough success for a popular and dearly needed campaign for better air quality in Krakow, Poland.

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Oops … Poland did it again aka standing in the way of climate progress

9 October, 2013

Just a few weeks before leading international climate negotiations at the COP 19 in Warsaw, and in the face of the new IPCC report’s dire conclusions, the Polish government is again obstructing European emissions reduction ambitions.

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Another company withdraws from controversial Plomin C coal plant in Croatia

7 October, 2013

Zagreb — Korean company KOSEP has confirmed that it no longer intends to participate in bidding for the controversial 500 MW Plomin C coal power plant in Croatia. KOSEP is the second of the four strategic bidders shortlisted in September 2012 to pull out of the project, after Polish company POL-MOT withdrew in the spring of this year.

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[Campaign update] Growing solidarity with local communities in Georgia puts Khudoni dam in spotlight

4 October, 2013

Protests against the Khudoni mega-dam in Georgia are spreading beyond the local communities affected by the dam. [*]

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NGOs welcome enquiry by Paris prosecutor into financial crimes related to the VINCI CONCESSIONS RUSSIE SA Moscow-St. Petersburg motorway

4 October, 2013

Paris, 3 October 2013 – Today’s announcement by the Paris Prosecutor to open a preliminary enquiry into financial crimes related to the construction of a motorway between Moscow and St. Petersburg [1] has been welcomed by NGOs Sherpa, Russie-Libertés, CEE Bankwatch Network, MOBO Princip, and members of Russian civil society, who lodged the complaint in June 2013.

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