ContourGlobal finally quits Kosova e Re coal plant
March 17, 2020
ContourGlobal is quitting the planned 500 MW Kosova e Re lignite power plant project in Kosovo. The company stated that it is now impossible for the project to meet the required milestones, citing, among others, the recent formation of a government led by a Prime Minister publicly opposed to the project.
Европейцы рекомендуют Азербайджану не связывать надежды с газом
March 7, 2020
Европа ведет двойную игру на мировом газовом рынке – с одной стороны, создает видимость, что закупает газа всё больше и больше, а с другой – активно наращивает производство электроэнергии из возобновляемых источников энергии (ВИЭ). Source : Европейц
Plastic and carbon proposals to help plug Brexit budget gap
February 21, 2020
National contributions from member states to the next long-term EU budget could soon partly depend on the amount of plastic put into circulation that is not recycled. If the proposal is agreed by member states, the EU could kill two birds with one ston
Frykter for sikkerheten i 90 gamle atomreaktorer
February 14, 2020
I Europa finnes det snart 90 atomreaktorer som er så gamle at de bør sertifiseres på nytt. Bellona er bekymret og krever at Norge tar initiativ til å bedre atomsikkerheten. Source : Frykter for sikkerheten i 90 gamle atomreaktorer
Banks Continue to Pile on Fossil-Fuel Finance
January 15, 2020
On December 15, US bank Goldman Sachs announced what many believe to be the strongest restrictions on fossil-fuel activity by any major bank in the United States. Most notably, the bank has become the first big American lender to restrict financing on
European Investment Bank Adopts New Energy Lending Policy
January 7, 2020
On 14 November 2019, the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (“EIB”), the world’s largest multilateral bank, adopted a new Energy Lending Policy (the “Policy”), which aims to end EIB investment in the majority of fossil fuel programs by
Nenskra: new players, new risks
December 4, 2019
More than a year after Salini Impregilo, a major construction company, mysteriously abandoned the Nenskra hydropower project before construction had even begun, new contractors are now said to have been hired to build Georgia’s biggest and most divisive hydropower project.
European Commission criticises the EIB’s role as a development bank
October 11, 2019
The European Commission recently published an evaluation of EIB development operations under its External Lending Mandate during the period 2014-2018. The Commission’s findings confirm our previous assessments and repeated calls for improvements in the fields of transparency, human rights due diligence and development impacts of EIB projects.
Amulsar gold mine, Armenia
August 16, 2019
Since 2016 the controversial Amulsar gold mine project is being developed by Armenia’s largest foreign investor, an international mining company Lydian, near the touristic spa town of Jermuk.
The Skopje Green City Action Plan – developing a city for citizens or for decision makers?
July 29, 2019
The preparation of the Skopje Green City needs to be transparent and to include citizens and civil society in a meaningful way from the early stages of planning.
