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Environmentalism and democracy on the rise in Albania

1 August, 2018

Public participation is a prerequisite to functioning democracy. Environmental justice is crucial to sustainable development. But in Albania, a small, southeastern European country only recently emerging from decades-long, self-imposed isolation, democracy is still struggling to be born, and suffers from often being confused with unchecked capitalism.

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Devastating floods are the latest warning sign about controversial Nenskra hydropower project

31 July, 2018

From the outside, this tragedy might seem like a natural disaster, a force majeure. But one cannot ignore the human factors at play.

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In Kenya, a motorway funded by the European Investment Bank runs over roadside dwellers

30 July, 2018

Children dropping out of school, trees cut, people living in fear of another wave of forced evictions – the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) project reveals the critical absence of human rights safeguards in the EU’s overseas development financing.

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Court complaints launched against Bosnia-Herzegovina hydropower permits

26 July, 2018

Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Nikšić, Podgorica, Prague – The Aarhus Resource Centre Sarajevo has submitted two court complaints [1] to the District Court in Banja Luka against the environmental permits for the Buk Bijela and Foča hydropower plants on the river Drina in Bosnia-Herzegovina near the border with Montenegro.

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Estonia’s dirty secret

25 July, 2018

Estonia is the second largest emitter of CO2 per capita in the European Union and by far the most carbon-intensive economy among the OECD countries. The reason for that is oil shale, sedimentary rock that has been mined in Estonia for electricity generation since the fifties and, since recently, have also been used for liquid diesel fuel production.

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