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EU funds spending plans in Hungary: the dark side is in the details

2 February, 2016

Hungary allocates a relatively high amount of EU Funds to energy but an in-depth analysis shows a lack of direct, non-refundable support in renovation of residential buildings, significant finance for burning instead of preventing waste and potentially unsustainable use of biomass.

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EU funds spending plans in Estonia: The long and rocky path away from shale oil

1 February, 2016

While Estonia plans to use a large part of its EU funds investments for infrastructure projects in the public sector, there is no real political will to reduce the use of fossil fuels.

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EU funds spending plans in Latvia: What’s hidden behind the ‘green veneer’?

29 January, 2016

The millions of EU Cohesion Policy money are choosing the ‘darker side’ of Latvia’s renewable energy sources.

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Bring on the money, don’t ask for results. EU funds spending plans in the Czech Republic

28 January, 2016

The Czech Republic’s EU funds’ documents tick all the formal boxes, but the carbon intensity of its economy will most likely not change much.

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NGOs urge the European Investment Bank not to finance the Southern Gas Corridor

28 January, 2016

A group of 27 NGOs sent an open letter to the President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) today urging the Bank not to finance the Southern Gas Corridor, a 3500 kilometres-long chain of gas pipelines from Azerbaijan to Europe.

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