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[Campaign update] Rovinari power plant put on ice
Blog entry | October 15, 2014

A silver lining has appeared for the people of Rovinari with the set-up of a joint venture for a new lignite-fired power plant being put on hold. The town of Rovinari already suffers under heavy pollution from the existing plant.

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Slovenia coal fraud charges serve as warning for other Balkan countries, say NGOs
Press release | October 15, 2014

Ljubljana, Slovenia: Slovenian police yesterday reported that ten people had been charged with fraud in relation to the beleaguered Sostanj 6 lignite power plant project, causing a suspected EUR 284 million in financial harm to Slovene electricity consumers. The charges serve as a new warning to decision-makers across the Western Balkans to closely scrutinise coal power plant projects planned across the region if the mistakes made in the Sostanj 6 project in Slovenia are not to be repeated, warned several NGOs today.

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Balkans, coal, corruption
False Data in EIA for New Bosnian and Herzegovinian Power Plant Ugljevik III
Bankwatch in the media | October 8, 2014

http://www.energetika.net/eu/novice/clanki/false-data-in-eia-for-new-bos...

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Balkans, coal
Environmental Impact Assessment for new Bosnia-Herzegovina coal plant contains false information, reveals expert analysis
Press release | October 6, 2014

Bijeljina, R. Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6.10.2014: The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for the planned Ugljevik III lignite power plant near Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina contains data on the plant's SO2, NOx and dust emissions which is demonstrably false, and the study is missing key information needed to assess the plant's environmental impact, according to a new analysis submitted by NGO Center for Environment to the responsible Ministry today.

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Balkans, coal, Ugljevik
Will Ukrainian coal hijack today's Energy Community meeting?
Blog entry | September 23, 2014

Currently presiding over the EU-backed Energy Community's Minsterial Council, Ukraine will likely try to dilute environmental regulations in the Treaty. But the country's ageing coal-fired power plants are troubled by inefficiency and pollution and in dire need of environmental improvements.

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Burshtyn, CEE, coal, derogations, Dobrotvir, energy, Energy Community, energy exports, environmental aquis, EU neighbourhood, inefficiency, pollution, Ukraine

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