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Ukrainian activists taken to court by longstanding EBRD client after sounding the alarm on impacts of planned wood processing factory

7 April, 2020

Activists from the environmental NGO Ecoclub from Rivne, Ukraine are facing defamation charges after they raised warnings about a planned wood processing facility near the city. The group alerted the public to a host of potential negative environmental impacts the facility might have, which has started construction in the village of Horodok, in the Rivne region, in Ukraine’s northwest. 

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Green Agenda for the Western Balkans – time to plan for a resilient and protective future

3 April, 2020

The Green Agenda must be based on sustainable decarbonisation of the Western Balkans’ economies by 2050, in line with the Paris Climate Agreement and EU climate and energy policies. All countries need to commit to climate and energy targets by 2030, in line with the EU’s ambition.

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Croatian hydropower plant highlights loopholes in EIB environmental policies

2 April, 2020

The EIB-financed Ilovac hydropower plant was built on the river Kupa in north-west Croatia at around the same time as scientists established the existence of a new fish species there – Alburnus sava. Since the dam’s construction, the species has not been found at the site. Has Alburnus sava’s habitat been degraded for just 1.4 MW of installed power?

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A dozen green deal steps for the new Slovak government

1 April, 2020

With the appointment of a new centre-right government in Slovakia on 21 March, the Slovak Climate Initiative prepared a twelve point programme to move Slovakia closer to its climate and energy goals.

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EU carbon tax: A much-needed nudge for decarbonisation in the Western Balkans?

30 March, 2020

An EU consultation is currently ongoing on the plans to introduce a carbon border tax. Bankwatch sees this as an important opportunity to make sure Western Balkan electricity producers play by the rules when participating in the EU energy market.

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