Complaint to the European Commission concerning the Nord Stream gas pipeline
January 6, 2010
The complaint from Estonian Green Movement and the Estonian Fund for Nature points out that from an environmental perspective the documentation presented by Nord Stream are far from acceptable. Many experts have expressed an impression that some documents have intentionally diminished the actual level of environmental risks in a hope that these activities and documents are not subjected to any serious scientific scrutiny.
EIB’s conclusion report on Bankwatch’s complaint regarding refused access to information on D1 motorway Slovakia
January 5, 2010
Bankwatch’s complaint concerned the inadequate appraisal of environmental risks connected with the Turany – Hubova section of the D1 motorway in Slovakia, the damage so far and further potential impacts on the Natura 2000 sites and habitats of Community importance. Our complaint is available in pdf here
Letter to EIB requesting information on SME lending through financial intermediaries
January 4, 2010
The EIB responded to our letter on January 27, 2010. Their response can be downloaded as pdf.
Green Alternative and Bankwatch comments on the Tbilisi railway bypass project
December 30, 2009
Letter to ArcelorMittal asking to disclose information under the company’s Stakeholder Engagement Plan
December 23, 2009
EIB response to Bankwatch’s petition and report ‘Change the lending, not the Climate’
December 23, 2009
The European Investment Bank has responded to Bankwatch’s report ‘Change the lending, not the Climate’ that was released in the lead-up to the ill-fated Copenhagen climate talks, and the bank has asked us for the sake of transparecy to publish their response, which we are doing here.
Letter to EBRD regarding legal punishment of human rights activist supporting Kumtor cyanide spill victims
December 22, 2009
The letter addresses the Kyrgyz Republic’s Supreme Court decision to uphold a 2-year conditional sentence on Ms Baktygul Imankozhoeva, a doctor in the village of Barskoon near the EBRD-financed Kumtor gold mine, for abuse of official position. The charges appear to be fabricated as a response to Ms Imankozhoeva’s advocacy on behalf of the victims of a 1998 cyanide spill from the mine, and form part of a continuing pattern of intimidation against her.
KzHRB comments on the EBRD’s draft country strategy for Kazakhstan for 2009-2011
December 22, 2009
Karaganda Ecological Museum comments on the EBRD’s draft country strategy for Kazakhstan for 2009-2011
December 22, 2009
Letter to the European Commission regarding impacts of a proposed D1 motorway section
December 21, 2009
The letter accompanied an expert study on the expected impacts of the proposed D1 motorway section Turany-Hubov on animal species, biotopes and Natura 2000 sites. The study (in Slovak language) is available at the website of Bankwatch member group Friends of the Earth-CEPA.
