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The EU's bank is less ambitious than the US in restricting energy from coal
July 5, 2013
 | by Anna Roggenbuck

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.

carbon, coal, EIB, emission performance standards, emissions, energy, energypolicy, EU, fossil fuels, Obama
EIB
Energy & climate
[Campaign update] Kolubara landslide: Images of devastation, people waiting for compensation
July 3, 2013
 | by Nikola Perusic

People in Junkovac (Serbia) are still waiting for information on how they will be compensated after a landslide connected to the Kolubara lignite mine has destroyed several houses and terrified the town one month ago.

EBRD, fossil fuels, Kolubara, landslide, lignite, local impacts, mining, resettlement, Serbia
EBRD
Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts, Mining
As Croatia accedes to the EU, questions remain over whether EU billions can succeed for Croats
July 1, 2013
 | by Marijan Galovic

Croatia's new Law on Strategic Investments does not bode well for the sustainable use of EU funds in Croatia now that the country has become an EU member state.

accession, Cohesion Policy, communities, EU, programming
EU Funds
Green agriculture spending culled in Estonia - NGOs demand proper use of future EU money
June 26, 2013
 | by Greig Aitken

While the EU's future common agricultural policy is taking shape in Brussels, it’s not just there that major agri-business interests are flexing their muscles to take the ‘green-ness’ out of EU agricultural spending.

agriculture, CAP, Cohesion Policy, ERDF, EU funds, greenwash, programming
EU Funds
Social & economic impacts, Other harmful projects
A tale of neglect: Energy finance figures from the Western Balkans
June 25, 2013
 | by Pippa Gallop

The neglect by international financial institutions of the Western Balkans sustainable energy potential will cost the region's public heavily for years to come. Figures collected in a new study illustrate how the different international lenders perform in the region.

chart, EBRD, EIB, energy, energypolicy, fossil fuels, hydropower, IPA funds, lending figures, renewables, SEE, south-eastern Europe, study, World Bank
EU Funds, EBRD, EIB, World Bank Group
Energy & climate
Little impact of EU aid for Egypt - Ongoing abuses and Brussels scrutiny puts EBRD's best laid plans in question
June 24, 2013
 | by Anne-Sophie Simpere

How is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development able to justify a brand new host country agreement with Egypt, given the abuses still being endured in Egypt and the failure of one billion euros of EU money to improve the economic and human rights situation there?

aid, development, EBRD, Egypt, energy, financial intermediaries, human rights, Mursi, oil, tax havens
EBRD
Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts
[Campaign update] Plomin project promoter not able to justify health risks of coal
June 21, 2013
 | by Pippa Gallop

Public discussions about the Plomin coal power plant's health impacts show how both project promoters and public authorities prefer to ignore or play down uncomfortable arguments and evidence against the project.

coal, fossil fuels, health, Istria, Plomin
EBRD
Energy & climate
The G8, tax havens and the need to clean up our own "bank yard"
June 18, 2013
 | by Anne-Sophie Simpere

While the G8 leaders claim they are at war with tax avoidance, their own bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is involved in deals linked to offshore financial centres.

development, EBRD, G8, policy, private equity, summit, tax havens
EBRD
Social & economic impacts
EU funds in people's hands. When small things make a difference.
June 17, 2013
 | by Marijan Galovic

A Croation winner of Bankwatch's Better Ideas contest for sustainable EU Funds has just begun implementing their project. The positive responses from their community and the successful start illustrate that "small is beautiful" can also apply to Cohesion Policy.

better ideas, citizeneconomy, Cohesion Policy, communities, EU funds, recycling, start-up, waste, wellspent
EU Funds
Resource efficiency
Guest post: New film: Tar sands - to the ends of the earth
June 17, 2013
 | by Friends of the Earth Europe

Friends of the Earth Europe's new film, documenting the efforts of local communities in Madagascar to protect their island home from tar sands development, was premiered in Europe last week at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

communities, energy, film, local impacts, tar sands
Energy & climate, Other harmful projects

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