EU cash in climate clash: How the EU funding plans are shaping up to fuel climate change

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.