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Latvia abandons plans for controversial LNG terminal but still needs to ditch fossil gas

12 April, 2023

Latvia’s government announced yesterday (11 April) it is terminating plans for a liquified fossil gas (commonly termed liquified natural gas or LNG) terminal in Skulte.

NGOs take Romania to court in the country’s first climate lawsuit

6 April, 2023

Declic – one of Romania’s most important NGOs – has filed the country’s first ever climate lawsuit for the government’s failure to take appropriate measures to reduce and mitigate the foreseeable risks posed by the climate crisis. Climate activists from Declic also asked the court to issue Romanian Prime Minister Nicoale Ciucă and the Ministers of Environment and Energy with fines for every day of inaction. The case alleges that Romanian officials have breached their legal duties to adopt and implement an energy transition strategy that aligns with the Paris Agreement, keeping the global average temperature below a 1.5°C increase.

Nuclear ambitions risk hindering Estonia’s energy transition

5 April, 2023

The Estonian government is considering pumping money into controversial nuclear power. Instead, it should strengthen its efforts to ensure a resilient, fully renewable and decentralised energy infrastructure.

Stara Zagora: caught between its brown coal past and a bright green future

30 March, 2023

In February and March 2023, our environmental organisation Za Zemiata (Friends of the Earth – Bulgaria) organised several meetings in Stara Zagora and Galabovo in south-central Bulgaria dedicated to just energy transition and the development opportunities it offers the region. Our main aim was to involve local stakeholders whose voices have thus far been ignored. Participants included representatives of civil society, members of small and medium-sized enterprises and academics from Trakia University in Stara Zagora. Unfortunately, despite efforts to foster dialogue between business, civil society, academia and the institutions, the absence of the municipality, which was invited to attend the meetings, was notable.

Western Balkans: EUR 3.5 billion gas build-out poses economic, energy security risks and threatens green transition

30 March, 2023

Prague, Czech Republic – Plans for EUR 3.5 billion of new gas-fired power plants, pipelines, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the Western Balkans would force countries to import far more gas than they have in the past, introducing economic and energy security risks into the region’s already challenging energy transition, finds new research from Global Energy Monitor and Bankwatch.

Latvia abandons plans for controversial LNG terminal but still needs to ditch fossil gas

NGOs take Romania to court in the country’s first climate lawsuit

Nuclear ambitions risk hindering Estonia’s energy transition

Stara Zagora: caught between its brown coal past and a bright green future

Western Balkans: EUR 3.5 billion gas build-out poses economic, energy security risks and threatens green transition

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