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Anti-coal campaign in Kosovo puts focus on health
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
Kolubara "mired in crime and corruption"
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
Good news: EBRD drops controversial Monsanto project
January 28, 2013

A potential cooperation between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the agro-corporation Monsanto has thankfully not come to fruition. The case highlights the difficulties for a large development bank to reach farmers on the ground.

EBRD
Social & economic impacts
agriculture, Balkans, CEE, corporations, EU neighbourhood, Monsanto, success
Off on the wrong foot in Kosovo? A lignite power plant and the EBRD
January 25, 2013

Notwithstanding the dominance of lignite in Kosovo's energy mix, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development may get involved with yet another lignite project in the Western Balkans.

EBRD
Energy & climate
air pollution, Balkans, coal, energy, energypolicy, EU neighbourhood, Kosovo, lignite
The worst company of the year - Vote for Alstom in the People's Public Eye Awards 2013
January 8, 2013

Alstom, the constructor for the Sostanj lignite power plant might just be the worst company of the year. You can vote for Alstom in the Public Eye Awards until January 23.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, corruption, EU, fossil fuels
Financial alchemy in Slovenia's energy sector still results in lignite, not gold
December 11, 2012

Even with the latest investment plan for unit 6 at the Sostanj lignite power plant (TES 6), the project's economics are (surprise, surprise) still distinctly shaky as an independent analysis shows. Nonetheless, the project looks ever more likely to get a state guarantee from the Slovene government.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Balkans, coal, EBRD, EIB, EU, fossil fuels, lignite, TES6
Public action in Ukraine: Reminding the EBRD of the meaning of nuclear safety
December 7, 2012

A protest action held today in front of the EBRD office in Kiev by Greenpeace and Bankwatch highlighted the dangers of Ukraine’s plans to prolong the operations of its 15 nuclear reactors. The groups called on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to take safety more seriously than Ukrainian authorities and invest in decommissioning rather than lifetime extensions.

EBRD
Energy & climate
CEE, EU neighbourhood, lifetime, nuclear, nuclear safety, public action, Ukraine
Doing more than just spotting the elephant: a new resource for campaigning on China, dams and finance
November 27, 2012

China has risen to become a major player in the dam building business these days, dominating the world market and appearing ever more frequently around these parts in central and eastern Europe (along with counterparts in other areas of the energy sector, notably coal – more about this on the blog in the coming weeks).

EBRD
Energy & climate
Balkans
European public development money for Monsanto? Whatever next?!
November 14, 2012

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development considers supporting one of the most criticised and controversial corporations on the planet, Monsanto. Reasons for deciding against it are plenty.

EBRD
Social & economic impacts
Other harmful projects
agriculture, Balkans, CEE, corporate responsibility, EU, EU neighbourhood, Monsanto
First major project in Egypt reveals transparency oversight by European public banks
November 13, 2012

A $3.7 billion PPP oil refinery expansion in Cairo is accompanied by contradictory project documents, making a mockery of claims by the public banks involved to be committed to “good governance” or democracy. Despite being presented as merely translations of one document, the Arabic and English “versions” are entirely different – with the Arabic markedly cursory and superficial.

EBRD
EIB
Energy & climate
Social & economic impacts
Arab Sping, Cairo, EU neighbourhood, local impacts, oil, pollution, PPP, Southern Mediterranean, transparency, water

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