Publications on EU funds

In this issue: Too much carbon in EU funding – Commission rubber stamps 30 percent rise in Polish GHGs * EIB approves Bujagali Dam in Uganda despite major flaws * Environmental and social safeguards – time to get serious at the EIB * Poland facing trial in European Court of Justice over Via Baltica * Dos and donts - how the EIB can avoid development pitfalls * When is corruption not corruption? Ask the EIB * The memory hole

In this issue: Planes, loans and automobiles * Kyrgyzstan’s government rejected HIPC shackles thanks to public pressure * Editorial: Double standards for how much longer? * The nuclear white elephant in Bulgaria’s room * Rospuda interview – EU law in the driving seat * First PPP motorway in Russia to cause problems for thousands of people * Your voice in Europe: support the Green paper on urban transport

As the new member states are negotiating their EU funding plans for 2007-2013 with the European Commission, the report shows that the 177 billion euros to be spent in these countries is on a collision course with the EU's commitments to avoid climate change. The spending plans feature remarkably little in the way of clean and efficient energy, while in the transport sector they focus on road building at the expense of public transport.