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A mostly accommodating lion's den - the second civil society meeting with the EIB Board of Directors
Blog entry | February 8, 2013

A meeting of civil society and the European Investment Bank's Board of Directors saw a surprising degree of agreement between two often adverse groups.

EIB
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
accountability, climate action, coal, development, EIB, energypolicy, EU, Global South, local impacts, meeting, transparency
Small shareholders protest price cap on lignite from Šoštanj's mine
Blog entry | February 6, 2013

With the dubious economics of the Šoštanj 6 lignite power plant depending partly on keeping the price of lignite low, small shareholders who would have to forego their profits are not thrilled at the prospect.

EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, economics, energypolicy, EU, fossils fuels, shareholders, TES6
Anti-coal campaign in Kosovo puts focus on health
Blog entry | February 4, 2013

A campaign against a new lignite power plant in Kosovo uses World Bank figures to highlight the health damage resulting from pollution.

EBRD
World Bank Group
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Balkans, campaign, coal, energy, energypolicy, EU neighbourhood, fossil fuels, Kosovo, video
Members of European Parliament call on EIB not to finance Slovene lignite power plant
Blog entry | January 31, 2013

In an unambiguous letter Members of the European Parliament have reminded the European Investment Bank of the economic and environmental risks that the Šoštanj lignite power plant project poses for Europe and Slovenia.

EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, corruption, EU, fossil fuels, MEP, Peterle, Sostanj, TES6, Turmes, van Brempt
Kolubara "mired in crime and corruption"
Blog entry | January 30, 2013

Those were the words of Serbian Energy Minister Zorana Mihajlović, speaking last week in a press conference during which she announced that a thorough investigation is ongoing into corrupt practices by the management of the Kolubara mining complex.

EBRD
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Balkans, coal, corruption, EU neighbourhood, fossil fuels, Kolubara, lignite

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