Bankwatch: Serbia’s New RES Law Must Prioritise Environmental and Financial Sustainability
January 15, 2021
Serbia’s Ministry of Energy and Mining recently held a public consultation on the main points of its planned new Law on Renewable Energy. …
Dobrovoľne behali okolo uhoľnej elektrárne. Uprostred panorámy sa objavil obrovský hríb dymu, hovorí bežec
January 14, 2021
Skupina bežcov sa rozhodla zabehnúť trasu okolo uhoľnej elektrárne v Severnom Macedónsku, aby poukázali na znečistenie ovzdušia v okolí.
Serbia’s renewable energy law must prioritise both environmental and financial sustainability
January 13, 2021
As Serbia starts the development of a new renewable energy law, it needs to prevent more public money being used for environmentally damaging hydropower projects and make its incentives scheme more financially sustainable.
Runners raise the alarm about air pollution from coal power during inaugural Lung Run
December 22, 2020
One of the leading reasons for the extremely polluted air are the outdated and substandard coal-fired power plants in the region. The 16 plants operating in the Western Balkan countries emit as much sulphur dioxide and dust pollution as the entire fleet of coal plants in the EU.
Time to end the damaging cycle of land, surface and groundwater pollution in Tuzla
December 21, 2020
There are few things one can be sure of in life, but the constant anxiety communities near Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Tuzla power plant experience is one of them.
EU Ombudsman Launches Investigation into Southern Gas Corridor Financing
December 18, 2020
The European Ombudsman has launched a formal inquiry into the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) financing of the Southern Gas Corridor, following a complaint that claimed the Bank “dangerously downplayed the contribution of the controversial fossil fuel project to the climate crisis,” said the NGO CEE Bankwatch Network on Thursday.
Pollution of land, surface and groundwater near the slag and ash disposal site of Tuzla thermal power plant
December 18, 2020
From 1 March – 31 August 2020, an analysis of water and soil samples was conducted in the area of influence of the closed slag and ash disposal sites in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) – Plane, Divkovići I, Divkovići II, Drežnik and Jezero I – as w
EC must heed Ombudsman’s warning on gas gaffe beyond the EU
December 16, 2020
Every two years, under the TEN-E Regulation, the European Commission selects a list of energy infrastructure projects as so-called Projects of Common Interest (PCIs), which receive privileged access to public financing.
Green Ideals, Dirty Energy: The EU-backed Renewables Drive That Went Wrong
December 15, 2020
BIRN reveals how a campaign to build renewable energy plants, supported by the EU, siphoned away subsidies and wrecked pristine waterways in Serbia and beyond.
BANKWATCH: AS ROMANIA ABANDONS NEW COAL PROJECT, A LARGER GAS THREAT LOOMS
December 14, 2020
Source: BANKWATCH: AS ROMANIA ABANDONS NEW COAL PROJECT, A LARGER GAS THREAT LOOMS