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Londonski biznis portal: Italijani će izaći iz EPCG

September 11, 2016

Source: Biljana Matijašević, Vijesti Online

Iako A2A nije objavila namjere u vezi sa EPCG, a nije odgovorila na zahtjev „bneIntelliNews“ za informacijama, analitičari predviđaju da će kompanija iskoristiti mogućnost da ode

Očekuje se da će italijanska kompanija A2A izaći iz svoje investicije u Elektroprivredi CG nakon burnih sedam godina, ostavljajući Crnoj Gori mogućnost da slobodono ignoriše zabrinutost za ekonomsku održivost, ekološku štetu i transparentnost zbog namjere da gradi drugi blok Termoelektrane Pljevlja, navodi londonski „bne IntelliNews”.

Nakon nekoliko mjeseci pregovora, nedavno [...]

Institution: Export credit agencies

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: A2A, emissions, EPCG, Balkans

European institutions accused of undermining Paris Agreement by funding dirty energy projects

September 2, 2016

Source: Madeleine Cuff, BusinessGreen

EU bodies including the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are backing fossil fuel projects that threaten progress on climate targets, NGOs claim

Despite the promises made in Paris in December last year, key European institutions continue to fund dirty energy generation over alternative energy sources, according to a new report released yesterday [...]

Institution: EBRD, EIB, EU Funds

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: climate change, emissions, fossil fuels, Paris Agreement, EU

The hefty health toll of coal burning in the Western Balkans - and what is not being done about it

While the Energy Community yesterday failed to consider more stringent air pollution rules for the Western Balkans, a new report quantifies the health costs of the region’s coal burning both within the region itself as well as in the neighbouring European Union.

Tags: air pollution air quality coal emissions Energy Community particulate matter Pljevlja Ugljevik Balkans EU neighbourhood

Institution: EU Funds, EBRD, EIB

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

UPDATED: New documents on European Investment Bank loans to Volkswagen

Documents obtained by Bankwatch provide more details for a European Investment Bank statement that its loans to Volkswagen may have been connected to the car makers use of cheating devices to rig emission tests.

Tags: dieselgate emissions pollution Volkswagen Werner Hoyer EU

Institution: EIB

Theme: Transport

Request for information on EIB loans to Volkswagen

Advocacy letter | September 25, 2015

Following revelations about Volkswagen cheating in emissions tests and about the European Investment Bank's substantial support for VW - including loans for research and development of cleaner engines, Bankwatch requested information on EIB loans to the car maker.

The bank provided highly insufficient responses. Read more here >>

Institution: EIB

Theme: Transport

Big plans for a small country - Montenegro's draft energy strategy

Montenegro's new draft energy strategy needs cutting down to size if environmental and economic damage is to be avoided.

Tags: coal emissions energy Kings of Coal Montenegro Pljevlia pollution Balkans EU neighbourhood

Theme: Energy & climate

The EU's bank is less ambitious than the US in restricting energy from coal

It may have been easy in the past for Europeans to bash the US for being retrograde when it comes to climate policies, but after last week it will get more difficult to do that.

Tags: carbon coal EIB emission performance standards emissions energy energypolicy EU fossil fuels Obama EU Global South

Institution: EIB

Theme: Energy & climate

First tranche of EIB car "crisis" loans requires scrutiny, warn Bankwatch and Greenpeace

March 12, 2009

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has today extended EUR 3 billion in soft loans to eight European carmakers for the development and production of cleaner vehicles. CEE Bankwatch Network and Greenpeace call on the EIB to ensure that money goes to initiatives with a true impact on cutting carbon emissions from cars and not just to small-scale greenwash projects.

Institution: EIB

Theme: Transport

Tags: cars, crisis response, EIB, emissions, loans, EU