Bankwatch in the media

Recycling Portal | October 17, 2011

The Czech Republic plans to build three new incinerators with EU regional funds available for big waste management projects in the current EU budget (2007-2013). According to information provided to CEE Bankwatch Network by the Czech State Environmental Fund, a mechanical-biological waste treatment plant (MBT) would be three times cheaper per installed ton capacity to build than incinerators. This difference will eventually be passed on to the households in price for waste management.

Incinerators 'should not get cohesion funds'

ENDS Europe | October 14, 2011

MEPs and member states must ban the use of EU cohesion funds for incinerator projects when they legislate on the European Commission's package of proposals to overhaul cohesion policy, according to green group CEE Bankwatch.

Schweizer Geld für dubiose Kohlekraftwerke

20 minuten online | October 8, 2011

Die Bedenken gegenüber der Stromproduktion aus Kohle wachsen. Doch die Schweiz beteiligt sich weiter finanziell an Kraftwerken - auch an solchen, die negative Schlagzeilen machen.

Belgrade Court Orders Investigation into Kolubara Case

Balkan Insight | October 6, 2011

Belgrade's Special Court has ordered an investigation into the former director of Serbia's strip mining complex and 16 others on suspicion that they incurred financial damages to the company worth over €10 million.

Serbia: cleaning up like the neighbours

Financial Times | October 4, 2011

The arrest of a former mining boss on the Macedonia-Greece border might seem far from the corridors of Brussels, but the desire for EU membership takes many forms.

Conference highlights green corridors' benefits

ENDS Europe | September 26, 2011

Green corridors have an important role to play in delivering new transport policy goals in the European Commission's March white paper, the Polish EU presidency said at a conference held in Szczecin, Poland, last week.

Kontrowersje wokół budowy elektrowni węglowej w Rajkowach

Portal Pomorze | September 22, 2011

PELPLIN. Nie odbyła się zaplanowana na 20 września debata o elektrowni węglowej w Rajkowach z udziałem niezależnych ekspertów, przedstawicieli inwestora oraz samych mieszkańców. Zdaniem władz gminy zabrakło czasu na jej organizację. Trwają negocjacje nad nowym terminem.

The EU's free CO2 allowances: A gift to the rich

EurActiv | September 22, 2011

The Czech Republic's intention to hand out free CO2 allowances to CEZ, an already profitable energy company, would turn it into a dominant actor on the EU energy market and paradoxically threaten competition, writes Barbora Hanzlova, from the Centre for Transport and Energy, a Prague-based non-profit group.

Kohäsionspolitik - Weg zu nachhaltigem Investitionswerkzeug

Deutscher Naturschutzring | September 22, 2011

Im Rahmen des Europäischen NGO-Forums zur Kohäsionspolitik-Reform 2014–2020 im September in Wandlitz haben die TeilnehmerInnen aus 15 Europäischen Ländern ein Statement verabschiedet, das jetzt online veröffentlicht wurde.

Can the EU import energy and promote democracy?

European Voice | September 15, 2011

New approach to energy deals could cause some problems.