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Historic win for frontline communities: plans for coal power project in Turkey shelved
Press release | October 31, 2016

Communities in Aliağa, Turkey, who have been resisting the construction of coal power plants in the region for decades, have achieved a significant victory. Azerbaijan’s state-owned energy company SOCAR, has decided to shelve plans to construct an integrated 672 MW coal power plant in Aliağa, İzmir.

Energy & climate
Aliaga, Balkans, coal, EU neighbourhood, Kyme, SOCAR
[Campaign update] Independent monitoring shows massive air pollution near Bosnian lignite plant
Blog entry | October 28, 2016

Air pollution in the town of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina was above legally allowed limits on twelve of 20 consecutive days as measurements made by Bankwatch and the Tuzla-based environmental group Center for Ecology and Energy show.

Chinese investors
Energy & climate
air pollution, air quality, Balkans, coal, EU neighbourhood, particulate matter, Tuzla
Lawsuits and complaints pile up against planned Bosnia and Herzegovina coal power plants
Press release | October 17, 2016

Sarajevo-based environmental watchdog Ekotim has submitted on Friday (October 14) an official complaint to the Energy Community dispute settlement mechanism (1) due to lax pollution limits for a new Chinese-backed 450 MW unit at the Tuzla coal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Chinese investors
Export credit agencies
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, EU neighbourhood
Guest post: China stokes global coal growth
Blog entry | September 27, 2016

China cuts coal at home but state owned companies and banks drive new coal expansion overseas, despite top level promises of green growth for developing countries, writes Beth Walker from China Dialogue.

Chinese investors
Energy & climate
Balkans, China, China ExIm Bank, climate, coal, EU neighbourhood, Global South, overseas investments
[Campaign update] Montenegro's Pljevlja coal plant is running out of time to secure financing
Blog entry | September 22, 2016

The Czech daily Hospodarske Noviny (English: "Economic Newspaper") is reporting today that the Czech Export Bank (CEB) and export insurance agency EGAP may not be be able to finance the Pljevlja II lignite power plant in Montenegro due to new OECD rules entering force on 1 January 2017.

Balkans, CEE, climate action, coal, export credit agencies, financing, OECD, Pljevlja, pollution

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