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EU Funds to the rescue in Krakow - Local campaign leading the way for Polish communities sick of (and sick from) coal
Blog entry | October 21, 2013

The likely allocation of EU funds is set to bring about a breakthrough success for a popular and dearly needed campaign for better air quality in Krakow, Poland.

campaign, CEE, coal, EU, EU budget, EU funds, health, Krakow, Poland, smog, success
Oops ... Poland did it again aka standing in the way of climate progress
Blog entry | October 9, 2013

Just a few weeks before leading international climate negotiations at the COP 19 in Warsaw, and in the face of the new IPCC report’s dire conclusions, the Polish government is again obstructing European emissions reduction ambitions.

Energy & climate
2030, climate targets, coal, COP 19, energy, EU, European Commission, fossil fuels, Poland, roadmap, shale gas, Warsaw
"Move over Poland!" Czech parliament bids for EU 'dirty energy' crown, as renewables subsidies make way for fossil fuels
Blog entry | September 16, 2013

A new law that will redraw the Czech Republic’s approach to renewable energy is suspected to bring the development of the Czech renewables sector to a standstill and instead provide a boost for the country's fossil fuel sector.

EU Funds
Energy & climate
CEZ, coal, Czech Republic, EU, fossil fuels, Hnuti Duha, law, programming, renewables, subsidies
A comeback to Polish prime minister Tusk's backing of coal
Blog entry | September 13, 2013

“Poland will continue to back coal (…) The future of Polish energy is in brown and black coal, as well as shale gas,” said on Tuesday Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, speaking at an event of the extractive industry.

EU Funds
Energy & climate
CEE, climate, coal, costs, EU, health, lignite, mining, Poland, Tusk
Energy consultations reveal lack of strategic thinking at the EBRD
Blog entry | September 6, 2013

With another public action, colleagues in Moscow are today bringing to a close a week that has seen the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development having to listen to a lot of uncomfortable truths.

EBRD
Energy & climate
Baltics, Caucasus, CEE, Central Asia, coal, EBRD, energypolicy, EU neighbourhood, fossil fuels, health, participation, petition, public action, Southern Mediterranean, stranded assets

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