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Romania: New coal plants to be built with EU aid for greening economy

22 February, 2012

Bucharest – One of the eight Member States applying for EU help consisting of free of charge GHG emissions allowances from 2013 to 2019, Romania intends to implement investments which will lead to maintaining or even increasing the high share of coal in the country’s electricity production, thus contradicting the goals of the EU aid scheme.

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Kyrgyz lawmakers endorse NGO’s environmental complaints over Kumtor Gold Mine

16 February, 2012

Bishkek – Both the Kyrgyz government and the parliament took on board this week concerns expressed by environmentalists that the Kumtor gold mine operated by Canadian Centerra Gold Corporation poses serious threats to livelihoods and the environment, including causing the melting of two glaciers in the area.

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Oil for nothing: European energy security endangers livelihoods in Nigeria

8 February, 2012

A documentary exposes the practices and disastrous local impacts of oil extraction by European energy companies in Nigeria. Food for thought for ourselves and our political representatives at national and European level.

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Billions of EU funds wasted on dead-end investments

2 February, 2012

Brussels – Substantial environmental and social harm is being caused by controversial projects costing billions of euros of EU money, according to research published today by Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network.

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Earth’s riches, people’s troubles. Mining in Central Asia

31 January, 2012

Two new reports and two videos on the impacts of mining operations in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia unearth some of the downsides of the mining business in Central Asia.

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