The European Parliament yesterday chastised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for its explicit interest in financing a new lignite-fired power plant in Kosovo. NGOs hope the bank will pay more attention to the Parliament than it did to civil society and energy experts so far. posted on the Bankwatch blog by Ionut Apostol,… » read more
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April 12, 2013
Poland’s government is hasting to adopt liberal shale gas legislation. It tries to avoid any interference by factually excluding local opposition movements and by pre-empting the development of an EU wide framework on unconventional fossil fuels. posted on the Bankwatch blog by Ola Antonowicz, campaigner in Polish Green Network Amid the excitement about a European… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Energy, Energy Supply, EU Priorities 2020, fossil fuels, Sustainable Development , Chevron, democracy, European Union, opposition, Poland, Renewable energy, shale gas, Warsaw |
The news circulated yesterday that Mikhail Beketov, a Russian journalist who campaigned against corrupt practices in connection to the planned highway construction through Khimki Forest, has died. This guest post by Mikhail Matveev and Ivan Smirnov, fellow Khimki activists, tells Beketov’s story. posted on the Bankwatch blog by Mikhail Matveev and Ivan Smirnov, Khimki forest… » read more
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, Bankwatch, corporate influence, corruption, human rights, Khimki Forest, Moscow, PPP, public-private partnership, Putin, Russia |
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