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First court case against coal power plant construction in Serbia
Press release | June 2, 2014

Belgrade -- NGO CEKOR submitted a formal complaint in front of the Serbian national administrative court against the government’s decision to approve an Environmental Impact Assessment study for the construction of a new unit at the Kostolac B coal power plant. The complaint, in which the NGO exposes failings in the EIA process, is the first of its kind to reach Serbian courts.

Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, EU neighbourhood
Pinocchio to deliver letters to Kulczyk
Press release | May 16, 2014

This Friday, 16th May at 2.00 pm, petitions to Jan Kulczyk, appealing for his withdrawal from plans to build Elektrownia Północ (‘North’) Power Plant in Pomerania, Poland, will be passed on to Mr. Piotr Maciolek, chairman of Elektrownia Północ Power Plant company, owned by Kulczyk Investments Group. The petitions, signed by over 8200 people, will be delivered by an exceptional guest – Pinocchio.

Energy & climate
coal, EU, Kulczyk, Poland
Guest post: EBRD justification for supporting coal in Egypt's cement industry is negligent
Blog entry | May 15, 2014

Colleagues from the Egyptian Centre of Economic and Social Rights criticise the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s too lax approach when examining its activities in Egypt’s cement sector.

EBRD
Energy & climate
cement, coal, ECESR, Egypt, health, monopoly, Southern Mediterranean
Funny business at EBRD meeting: sustainability champion Garanti fancies coal
Blog entry | May 14, 2014

The Turkish Garanti Bank, one of the winners of the Sustainability Awards of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is among the main coal investors in Turkey.

EBRD
Energy & climate
award, coal, commercial bank, EBRD annual meeting, EU neighbourhood, fail, financial intermediary, sustainability
Planned contract for Plomin C coal plant most likely illegal state aid, says legal analysis
Press release | May 5, 2014

Zagreb, 05.05.2014 - A planned long-term power purchase agreement in which Croatian electricity company HEP will commit to buying at least 50% of electricity from the planned Plomin C power plant for 20-30 years will most likely be illegal under EU state aid rules, according to a new legal analysis by Hungary's Environmental Management and Law Association (EMLA).

EBRD
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Balkans, coal, economics, EU, Plomin

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