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For our rivers, for our lives – activists from across the globe meet in Tbilisi, Georgia

March 27, 2017

85 river and dam activists from 40 countries and all continents gather at a time when dams are back in fashion.


KenGen’s intimidation of local community – NGO letter to development banks financing the Olkaria geothermal project in Kenya

March 3, 2017

A global group of non-governmental organizations today called on the World Bank, European Investment Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, German Development Bank- KFW, French Agency for Development, and other international financial institutio


[Campaign update] Pljevlja residents protest against air pollution

December 23, 2016

Once again people from Pljevlja in northern Montenegro have taken to the streets to protest against the awful pollution that has been plaguing the town for years. Supported by NGOs Ozon and Green Home, the protest aimed to put pressure on the authoriti


New agreement for Georgian Khudoni dam signals expropriations and tariff hike

March 31, 2016

After hitting a snag, the Khudoni dam in Georgia’s mountains is back in the game threatening to expropriate private lands and to bump up electricity prices for Georgian consumers. The controversial changes in an amended contract have inflamed the passion of the Svans who have for years tried to protect their communities from flooding.


Turceni coal unit in Romania shut down after operating illegally

February 4, 2016

The shut down of a coal-fired power plant unit is another great success for the climate and for clean air in Romania. Many more units may have to follow according to legislation on pollution limits.


Guest post: Italian mayors protest against the Trans Adriatic Pipeline

September 22, 2015

Local opposition in Italy to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is mounting. During a business event organised last week, a dozen mayors staged a protest against the government’s support for the project, who together with civil society and local authorities fear that the pipeline will destroy the environment and the safety of their communities. Instead they are demanding that EU drop the project.


Guest post: Plight of locals at Kumtor mine brought to Centerra Gold’s general meeting in Toronto

May 11, 2015

Journalist and researcher Ryskeldi Satke reports on Centerra Gold’s annual general meeting where mining activists presented shareholders with information on human rights violations and the negative environmental and social impacts of the Kumtor Gold mine.


Guest post: Ombla must be protected, not flooded!

April 21, 2015

The project promoter of the Ombla hydropower plant in Dubrovnik, Croatia is still stubbornly pushing the project forward. A presentation yesterday of a new nature impact assessment did not offer answers to a range of outstanding questions, including the project’s economic feasibility, impacts on locals and more.


All we want for Christmas is to be able to breathe …

December 23, 2014

As you’re gearing up for the festive season, spare a thought for the long-suffering folks in Pljevlja, Montenegro, and Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are fighting against serious pollution of air soil, and water.


Marubeni, hands off Plomin!

October 28, 2014

As Marubeni executive Hiroshi Tachigami attended today’s Energy Market Conference in Zagreb this morning, Greenpeace activists hung a banner from the Vatroslav Lisinski concert hall in Zagreb, advising Marubeni to keep its hands off the Plomin C coal power plant project.


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