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Another success against Czech incineration, government in blissful ignorance

The putting on hold (for now) of another waste incinerator project confirms a negative assessment of the Czech Republic's performance in waste management. And still, the Czech government fails to grasp that the only properly sustainable way forward is investment in recycling and waste reduction.

Tags: Cohesion Policy Czech Republic European Commission recycling success waste incineration EU

Institution: EU Funds

Theme: Resource efficiency

The devil in the details: Europe's low-carbon economy dream

The increasing popularity of a 'low-carbon economy' rhetoric calls for robust assessments of the carbon intensity of EU funded projects. Otherwise the potential that lies in the concept may get diluted by conflicting interests.

Tags: carbon footprint climate action corporate influence fossil fuels green economy EU

Institution: EU Funds

Theme: Energy & climate, Resource efficiency

EU Budget for everyone - The people's guide to the financial programming of the European Union

Leaflet | August 15, 2012

An illustrated and comprehensible introduction to the European Union's budget, the decision making that leads to it, the impacts it has on our societies and the role that people can play in the process. On eight pages, this guide answers the basic and not so basic questions regarding the EU's financial framework.

Institution: EU Funds

Croatia's Ombla HPP project comes under scrutiny after NGO complaint - EBRD

August 1, 2012

Source: Unknown author, HydroWorld

ZAGREB (Croatia), August 1 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Wednesday certain aspects of Croatia's Ombla hydro power plant project, which EBRD is set to co-fund, are under scrutiny following a complaint from a non-governmental organisation.

Theme: Other harmful projects

Tags: biodiversity, hydropower, Balkans, EU

Spot the difference: Alstom in Indonesia and Slovenia

The company hired to build a new unit at the Sostanj lignite power plant is involved in strikingly similar corruption cases across continents.

Tags: Alstom coal corruption due dilligence fossil fuels Sostanj transparency EU

Institution: EBRD, EIB

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

EU budget 2014-2020: Implementing climate commitment and tracking climate spending

Briefing | July 30, 2012

This comprehensive briefing offers detailed comments and suggestions on how climate action should and can be implemented and mainstreamed in the future spending period of the EU budget.

Institution: EU Funds

Theme: Energy & climate

A threatened growth package

Shifting gears from the austerity years, EU leaders recently proposed injecting EUR 120 billion into the European economy.

Tags: austerity economic crisis EU growth EU

Institution: EIB

Theme: Social & economic impacts

State guarantee vote for TES 6 overshadowed by OLAF corruption investigation

July 20, 2012

A state guarantee law supporting the construction of a 600 MW lignite plant at Sostanj in Slovenia (TES 6) was passed this week despite allegations of corruption against the management of the company remaining unsettled. Even more, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) recently opened an official investigation into TES 6. (1)

Institution: EBRD, EIB, World Bank Group

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: EU

'Green' EU budget to pump more money into brownfields

July 20, 2012

Source: Ana-Maria Tolbaru, EurActiv

The EU's new regional funds for 2014-2020 will see more money allocated to the regeneration of brownfield sites, helping old industrial areas generate new economic activity.

Institution: EU Funds

Tags: EU

Fossil Fuels Denied European Public Subsidies

July 13, 2012

Source: Zoe Casey, Green Chip Stocks

MEPs sitting on the regional development committee have rejected a proposal that would have allowed public subsidies to be spent on fossil fuel infrastructure projects under the European Regional and Development Fund.

Institution: EU Funds

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: EU