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Slovakia’s €3 billion fund to move from coal | Article | KHL

July 10, 2019

Government approves local community’s transition plan in line with EU’s 2050 carbon neutral goal Source: Slovakia’s €3 billion fund to move from coal | Article | KHL


bne IntelliNews – TANAP pipeline comes online, a major piece in Europe’s energy puzzle

July 3, 2019

Completion of the TANAP pipeline brings completion of the Southern Gas Corridor that will diversify Europe’s gas supplies away from Russia closer to reality — at a time when Russia is building its own new pipeline infrastructure. Source: bne IntelliNew


New opportunities for eastern Europe if the EU’s bank ramps up climate ambition and quits fossil fuels

June 13, 2019

Ahead of the European Investment Bank’s annual governors’ meeting, several EU’s finance ministers put forward a joint non-paper “Climate for the future of Europe” with an idea to transform the EIB: make green financing its top priority and promote investments in energy and climate transition. The right initiative risks failing if not supported by the majority of the bank’s shareholders, in particular by the eastern states that wrongfully fear that EIB’s increasing ambition in climate finance will unfavorably impact the bank’s presence in their countries.


EU leaders keep saying climate is a priority. Here’s something they can do

June 6, 2019

The European Investment Bank is the world’s largest multilateral lender and it keeps funding fossil fuels. Next week EU finance ministers can change that Source: EU leaders keep saying climate is a priority. Here’s something they can do


Croatian NGOs file court case to prevent resurrection of Plomin 1 coal plant

April 9, 2019

Zelena akcija/Friends of the Earth Croatia and Green Istria have filed a court case challenging the decision to extend the Plomin 1 coal power plant’s environmental permit, it was announced today.


EU-China summit an opportunity to tackle Chinese support for coal in southeast Europe

April 8, 2019

Brussels – With the EU-China summit kicking off in Brussels on April 9, Bankwatch launches a new analysis [1] showing 3.5 GW of new coal may be built in southeast Europe with Chinese support, including in EU member states Romania and Greece.


Chinese-financed coal projects in Southeast Europe

April 8, 2019

EU member states Romania and Greece, as well as several EU enlargement countries in the Western Balkans, plan to build new lignite power plants. The Balkan coal plans starkly conflict with the Paris Agreement’s aim of limiting climate change to 1.5°C b


Company Suspected of Ties with Cosa Nostra Wants to Build Turkstream 2 in Bulgaria

April 3, 2019

A consortium led by a construction company associated with the legendary Italian Mafia Cosa Nostra has submitted a bid for the Bulgarian section of the TurkStream 2 gas pipeline, Bivol has learned. This is Bonatti Group S.p.a., which participated in th


Otvoren postupak protiv BiH zbog garancija za TE Tuzla blok 7

April 3, 2019

Mutna posla – BiH garantira kredit čiji iznos baš i nije fiksiranSource: Otvoren postupak protiv BiH zbog garancija za TE Tuzla blok 7


RUSKI RULET SA ŽIVOTIMA GRAĐANA: Blok 7 TE Tuzla znači još 50 godina zagađenja tuzlanskog kantona

April 2, 2019

Donosioci odluka uopšte ne vode brigu o dugoročnom interesu građana u BiH.Source: RUSKI RULET SA ŽIVOTIMA GRAĐANA: Blok 7 TE Tuzla znači još 50 godina zagađenja tuzlanskog kantona


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