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Podnesena žalba zbog planiranih HE i MHE na Neretvi

November 22, 2020

Source: Podnesena žalba zbog planiranih HE i MHE na Neretvi  


Complaint on Bosnia-Herzegovina dams on Neretva river submitted to the Bern Convention

October 22, 2020

NGOs submit a complaint to the Bern Convention against Bosnia and Herzegovina for permitting dam-building on the pristine upper Neretva. A related complaint was submitted to the Energy Community Secretariat in August.


Malih centrala danas je 300 odsto više nego prije dvije godine

October 12, 2020

Source: Malih centrala danas je 300 odsto više nego prije dvije godine


Rijeku Neretvu od bh. vlasti i investitora brane i pred Vijećem Europe

September 26, 2020

Bosna i Hercegovine povrijedila je nekoliko odredbi Bernske konvencije za zaštitu europskih divljih vrsta i prirodnih staništa zbog davanja dozvole za hidroelektranu Ulog i mini hidroelektrane „Gornja Neretva“, u Hercegovini.


In An Age Of Climate Change, What Natural Resources Should We Save?

April 22, 2020

Activists across the Balkans are advocating for areas to be protected from development.


Comply or close: how Western Balkan coal plants breach air pollution laws and what governments must do about it

December 10, 2019

In 2018, pollution control legislation under the Energy Community Treaty finally obliged the Western Balkan countries to start reducing the choking air pollution from their coal power plants. Action was badly needed. In 2016, these 16 plants emitted as


New report: hydropower subsidies wreak environmental havoc and line influential pockets in the Western Balkans

September 25, 2019

Disproportionate public subsidies for small hydropower in the Western Balkans have resulted in widespread environmental damage and have benefited wealthy business people close to or part of the region’s governments, with little benefit for electricity generation, finds a new study released today by CEE Bankwatch Network. 


Reversal of subsidies for wind power in Bosnia and Herzegovina prompts legal action

September 4, 2019

The Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina has breached competition legislation by halting its incentive scheme for wind farms in March this year, according to a complaint submitted today to the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna by the Banja-Luka-based Center for Environment.


Over 120,000 petition development banks to Save the Blue Heart of Europe and drop destructive hydropower in the Balkans

June 21, 2018

London, Prague, Radolfzell, Vienna  – Representatives from the Save the Blue Heart of Europe campaign to save Europe’s last remaining wild rivers [1] handed in a petition endorsed globally by more than 120,000 people, calling on international development banks to rein in financial support for hydropower projects in the Balkans.


China, the Western Balkans and the EU: Can three tango?

May 17, 2018

With China pouring loans into the Western Balkans, the EU must step in to ensure this money benefits the region, writes Wawa Wang.


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