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‘We have no other option’ – Albanian communities face unjust resettlement process for Trans-Adriatic Pipeline

4 August, 2016

What is a perceived source of security for some can cause instability for others’ lives.

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[Campaign update] Impact Assessment of Serbian Kostolac B3 coal plant nullified, two investigative reports published

3 August, 2016

Two reports by the Serbian Center for Investigative Journalism take stock of the problems surrounding the planned Kostolac B3 lignite power plant, including a recent court decision that cancelled the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment.

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Montenegrin power plant feasible only with creative accounting

1 August, 2016

Just as everyone else was going on holiday, on Friday night the Montenegrin parliament approved two decisions laying the ground for the controversial Pljevlja II lignite power plant. But a look at the project documentation released by the government shows that the project’s economics only add up with some giant leaps of faith.

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Ombudsman asks European Investment Bank to act on conflicts of interest issues

26 July, 2016

In a letter to the President of the European Investment Bank from July 22, the European Union’s Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has asked the bank to review its governance arrangements to help prevent potential conflicts of interest in the bank’s governing bodies.

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A ray of light for communities in Serbia’s coal heartland

22 July, 2016

For more than 50 years, the lignite mines in Serbia’s Kolubara basin have been expanding, effectively engulfing the few small communities living between them. For local residents, whose homes have quite literally been teetering on the brink of the mines, life has become unbearable. But a recent court ruling might be paving the way to a long overdue reprieve for residents who have been promised to be relocated.

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