EBRD’s potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response
May 7, 2020
CEE Bankwatch Network’s letter to the EBRD for its potential support for electricity utilities in the Western Balkans as part of its COVID-19 response.
A herd of white elephants is approaching the EU’s neighbours
April 30, 2020
Over three quarters of the energy projects proposed by the EU’s neighbours for priority status, including privileged access to public funds, are fossil fuels projects.
Change for good: why we need fair, just supply chains
April 27, 2020
Uncertainty and crisis are not uncommon to global supply chains. The present disruption sheds light on the unsustainability of production and logistics and is an opportunity for economic players like the international financial institutions to rethink the way supply chains benefit those at every stage.
Міжнародні екологи: Kronospan забруднює багато країн
April 18, 2020
Негативний резонанс про концерн Kronospan, що зводить підприємство у селищі Городок Рівненської області, сягнув міжнародного рівня. Source : Міжнародні екологи: Kronospan забруднює багато країн
Ukrainian activists taken to court by longstanding EBRD client after sounding the alarm on impacts of planned wood processing factory
April 7, 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.
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