Complaint to EIB regarding breaches of EU legislation in preparations for the D1 motorway
May 4, 2009
Bankwatch member group Friend of the Earth-CEPA outlines in the complaint letter the breaches of EU legislation it believes have taken place during the preparation of the Turany – Hubov section of the D1 motorway. Both the EIB and EBRD are requested to halt plans for financing the project until the noted issues have been resolved, and the European Commission is asked to reconsider its acceptance of the project.
Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania
April 13, 2009
With the planning and preparatory process for the new Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania well underway, a first version of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been issued last September. Bankwatch member groups from the Baltic States, participating in the public consultation process of the report, are calling for other than nuclear alternatives and the development of a responsible and sustainable energy sector in the region.
Chelopech gold and copper mine Bulgaria
April 9, 2009
Only four months after the Board of Directors at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) had approved an increase to the original loan for the Canadian Dundee Precious Metals Development for its Chelopech gold and copper mine in Bulgaria, the Petitions Committee at the European Parliament deemed the situation at the mines tailings dam as alarming during the site visit on 29 October 2008. The questions to be asked are what is happening on the ground and on the basis of what information the EBRD decided to extend the financing for the Chelopech mine.
Bankwatch Mail 39
April 1, 2009
In this issue: Earth calling the IFIs – Take me to your added value * Countdown to Copenhagen finds the EU stuck in limbo * Wind frozen and trees cut in Latvian crisis measures * The penny starts to drop on PPPs * Oil, gas and the IFIs: Sketching some lines on the horizon * Landmark legal victory compels Ex-Im Bank and OPIC to get real on their fossil fuel lending * Transparency fever gripping the World Bank?
Quality review of the EIA for the Porto Romano thermal power plant
March 20, 2009
This independent quality review of the Environmental Impact Assessment study highlights more than 25 shortcomings in the assessment, including the studys failure to: consider alternative energy scenarios to coal power; analyse properly the carbon dioxide emissions; assess the socio-economic impacts of the project and provide for management and monitoring plans. Based on this quality review as well as the opposition from the local communities the Municipality of Durres declared itself officially against the project in April 2009.
Comments to the Moynak Electricity Transmission Project
March 17, 2009
Letter to President Barroso on EU recovery plan
March 13, 2009
Sustainable energy scenario for Lithuania
March 5, 2009
Lithuanian language.
Letter to Lithuanian prime minister re Lithuanian energy vision
March 5, 2009
Lithuanian language.
Comments on the EBRD Project Complaint Mechanism – Eduardo Abbott
February 23, 2009
The former Executive Secretary of the World Bank’s Inspection Panel, Eduardo Abbott’s comments on the EBRD’s first review of its accountability mechanism.