Bankwatch

Vreoci community requests EBRD to suspend credit arrangement with Kolubara

Advocacy letter | March 13, 2012

The Vreoci community from the Kolubara mining basin requests from the EBRD to suspend the loan arrangements for the Kolubara lignite mine due to the constant and increasing violations of human and property rights by the Public Company Mining Basin "Kolubara" - Lazarevac.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts

European bank criticized for encouraging Mubarak-era policies

March 12, 2012

Source: Nadine Maroushi, Egypt Independent

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issued this month a scathing critique of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s vision for economic development in Egypt.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Other harmful projects

Welcoming letter to the new EIB president

Advocacy letter | March 12, 2012

The Counter Balance EIB coalition has welcomed Werner Hoyer, the new president of the EIB, to his new post.

Institution: EIB

Poland rejects EU money for jobs and energy independence at Environment Council

Poland's veto against increasing Europe's 2020 target for greenhouse gas emissions cuts to 25% is frustrating not only environmentalists in Poland and elsewhere.

Tags: climate coal EU budget European Council Poland roadmap targets EU

Institution: EU Funds

Theme: Energy & climate

Ukraine's risky nuclear future shouldn't receive European support

Ukraine plans to extend the lifetimes of its fifteen nuclear reactors, most of which will soon pass their expiration date. A new report shows how these plans that are pursued in utter silence have seen only an inadequate assessment.

Tags: EBRD EU Euratom expansion Fukushima lifetime nuclear safety stress tests Ukraine EU EU neighbourhood

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate

Bankwatch report: EU supports nuclear life time expansion in Ukraine

March 8, 2012

Money from Euratom and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to be used to finance the life time expansion of Ukrainian nuclear reactors, 12 of which had initially been scheduled to close down no later than 2020, according to an expert report published today by CEE Bankwatch Network.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate

Tags: EU neighbourhood

Critical Review of the Ukraine NPP Safety Upgrade Program

Study | March 8, 2012

This expert review of Ukraine's Nuclear Power Plant Safety Upgrade Program, that's to be financed by Euratom and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development shows that some of the measures included in the SUP are necessary for the lifetime expansion of the plants and not for their regular functioning until the initially planned term.

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Energy & climate

Polish energy companies' black propaganda threatens EU climate ambitions again

Poland is on course to place further large roadblocks in the way of the European Commission's Roadmap 2050 towards a low-carbon economy unless certain demands being insisted on by Warsaw are met. These include the granting of free allowances for all 16 power plants that Poland has asked to be supported under the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme.

Tags: climate coal EU budget European Commission European Council fossil fuels Poland roadmap subsidies EU

Institution: EU Funds

Theme: Energy & climate

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Open letter to prime minister of Montenegro in support of MANS

Advocacy letter | March 8, 2012

Montenegro's Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector (MANS) is being heavily criticised by the government because of its advocacy on electricity prices. Bankwatch sent this letter of support to Montenegro's prime minister.