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Shale tale: Unconventional gas and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
June 12, 2013
 | by Ionut Apostol

During the last months, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has come out with positive statements about shale gas investments, most recently on Poland - a rather rash endorsement of a controversial technology.

EBRD, energypolicy, fracking, Poland, policy, shale gas
EBRD
Energy & climate
[Campaign update] The reality of resettlement in Kolubara: Out of the frying pan into the fire
June 4, 2013
 | by Nikola Perusic

A quick visit to the Kolubara mining basin reveals that the resettlement there looks nothing like the presentation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

EPS, human rights, Kolubara, lignite, mining, resettlement, Serbia
EBRD
Social & economic impacts
Face the future: Members of European Parliament discuss energy lending of European public banks
June 3, 2013
 | by Berber Verpoest

A roundtable discussion on European public banks and energy lending brought together Members of the European Parliament and non-governmental organisations, while the public banks themselves chose to stay away.

climate action, EBRD, EIB, energy, energypolicy, EU, European Commission, European Parliament, event
EBRD, EIB
Energy & climate
Victory for civil society as EBRD cancels loan for controversial Croatian dam
May 28, 2013
 | by Pippa Gallop

Today we're relieved in Zagreb as one energy project that could have had a destructive impact on Croatia's future has lost its financing and thus its chances of going ahead are drastically reduced: I’m speaking about the infamous Ombla dam, a project for an underground hydropower plant that would have practically destroyed a protected area close to Dubrovnik.

biodiversity, Croatia, EBRD, hydropower, success, Vilina Cave
EBRD
Other harmful projects
EU leaders support green energy campaign: The European Council calls for phasing out fossil fuel subsidies
May 23, 2013
 | by Sven Haertig-Tokarz

Just as Bankwatch published a new infographic juxtaposing the European Investment Bank's beneficial and harmful energy lending, Europe's political leaders have set a priority for energy investments to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and focus on clean energy instead.

coal, EIB energy, energypolicy, EUCO, European Council, fossil fuels, infographic
EIB
Energy & climate
Energy efficiency becoming more central to future EU spending in the Czech Republic - thanks to NGO calls
May 21, 2013
 | by Ondrej Pasek

Energy efficiency has now become a priority for EU funding in the Czech Republic for the forthcoming 2014-2020 budgetary period.

Cohesion Policy, Czech Republic, energy efficiency, EU funds, Operational Programme, priority, programming, success
EU Funds
Energy & climate, Resource efficiency
Divesting from coal is not ideology but climate science - a reminder for the EBRD
May 14, 2013
 | by Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath

The energy director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has made astonishing statements about coal investments prompting Bankwatch's EBRD campaign team to react.

climate, climate action, climate science, coal, EBRD annual meeting, energypolicy, fossil fuels, guardian, Puliti
EBRD
Energy & climate
[Campaign update] EBRD still not withdrawing from damaging Ombla hydropower project, NGOs call on bank to heed new evidence
May 13, 2013
 | by Pippa Gallop

Despite having a slew of good reasons not to support the damaging Ombla hydropower plan in Croatia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development still didn't confirm during recent meetings that it would withdraw from the project.

biodiversity, Croatia, EBRD, hydropower, Ombla
EBRD
Other harmful projects
Fair treatment is a long time coming at Serbia's Kolubara lignite mine
May 13, 2013
 | by Nikola Perusic

People from the Kolubara mine basin in Serbia have many stories to tell about the hardships they face due to the lignite mining operations. Serbian Bankwatcher Nikola Perusic adds his account to two stories in the guardian and in Bankwatch Mail 56.

coal, energypolicy, Kolubara, mining, resettlement, water
EBRD
Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts, Other harmful projects
Public action: Croatian coal power plant besieged by 680 bodies
May 10, 2013
 | by Sven Haertig-Tokarz

Yesterday, Green Action/Zelena Akcija, Greenpeace and Green Istria staged a spooky public action to raise attention for the findings of a new study that predicts approximately 17 early deaths annually due to the planned new 500 MW unit at the Plomin coal power plant in Croatia.

coal, Croatia, health, Plomin, protest, public action, study
EBRD
Energy & climate

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