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“Move over Poland!” Czech parliament bids for EU ‘dirty energy’ crown, as renewables subsidies make way for fossil fuel subsidies

September 16, 2013

A new law that will redraw the Czech Republic’s approach to renewable energy is suspected to bring the development of the Czech renewables sector to a standstill and instead provide a boost for the country’s fossil fuel sector. by Ondrej Pasek, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog No sooner had Polish prime minister Donald Tusk reaffirmed… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, Energy Efficiency, EU Priorities 2020, fossil fuels, Regional Policy, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, CEZ, climate, coal, Cohesion Policy, Czech Republic, Energy, fossil fuels, green investments, Hnuti Duha, law, renewables, subsidies

A message to EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti

September 13, 2013

In an open letter sent today to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 54 civil society organisations follow up from last weeks consultations on the bank’s new energy sector strategy and ask the president to ensure that the EBRD addresses the challenges of climate change with the urgency it deserves. We… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, EU Priorities 2020, Europe's East, fossil fuels, Global Europe, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, climate, coal, consultations, EBRD, Energy, energy policy, European Bank for Reconstruction Development, fossil fuels, Suma Chakrabarti

A comeback to Polish prime minister Tusk’s backing of coal

“Poland will continue to back coal (…) The future of Polish energy is in brown and black coal, as well as shale gas,” said on Tuesday Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, speaking at an event of the extractive industry. cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog This is, of course, the same Donald Tusk that will host… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Corporate Europe, Energy, EU budget, EU Priorities 2020, fossil fuels, Regional Policy, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, climate, coal, Cohesion Policy, corporate influence, Donald Tusk, energy policy, EU bugdet, European Union, fossil fuels, health, lingite, mining, Poland, Tusk, Warsaw

Energy consultations reveal lack of strategic thinking at the EBRD

September 6, 2013

With another public action, colleagues in Moscow are today bringing to a close a week that has seen the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development having to listen to a lot of uncomfortable truths. by Pippa Gallop, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog During this week’s EBRD consultation meetings on its new energy sector strategy it… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, EU Priorities 2020, Europe's East, fossil fuels, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, climate, climate action, coal, EBRD, Energy, energy policy, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, fossil fuels, green investments, shale gas

Nordic countries ‘no’ to coal is a glimmer of hope for EBRD energy lending

September 5, 2013

The global campaign to make the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development restrict its coal lending may have found new allies in Nordic countries after their declaration yesterday to seize overseas coal investments. by Sven Haertig-Tokarz, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog These are truly exciting weeks for climate campaigners, especially those targeting development banks and… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, EU Priorities 2020, Europe's East, fossil fuels, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, climate, coal, Denmark, EBRD, energy policy, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Finland, fossil fuels, green investments, Iceland, Norway, shale gas, Sweden, United States, World Bank

Thousands remind the EBRD that coal is not an option

September 4, 2013

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development received a little surprise visit this week from 16 000 voices against coal. by Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog During this week’s consultation meetings in Istanbul, Belgrade and Moscow, the EBRD is discussing its new energy lending strategy with NGOs from its countries of operation. As… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, Energy Efficiency, EU Priorities 2020, Europe's East, fossil fuels, Sustainable Development

, 350.org, Bankwatch, Belgrade, coal, EBRD, Energy, energy policy, European Bank for Reconstruction Development, European Investment Bank, fossil fuels, green investments, Istanbul, Moscow, petition, public action, shale gas, World Bank

Reality, climate change and global attention is catching up on the ‘sustainable energy’ bank (EBRD)

August 28, 2013

As part of the consultation on its energy sector strategy the EBRD next week hosts public meetings in Istanbul, Belgrade and Moscow to discuss with civil society from its countries of operation. While public pressure is increasing to end coal financing it is important to note that restrictions to carbon-intensive investments must be strictly and… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, EU Priorities 2020, Europe's East, fossil fuels, Nuclear Energy, Sustainable Development

, 2012, Bankwatch, Belgrade, coal, EBRD, energy policy, European Bank for Reconstruction Development, European Parliament, European Union, fossil fuels, green investments, Sostanj, Ukraine, Yogi Berra

Groups petition Polish government to drop permit for Europe’s largest planned coal plant

August 26, 2013

by Kuba Gogolewski, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog On Monday Polish NGOs Client Earth, Workshop for all Beings, Greenpeace, WWF and local community group Eco-Kociewie petitioned the General Director of Environmental Protection to cancel the environmental impact assessment permit for the Polnoc Power Plant in northern Poland. At a whopping 2 gigawatts, the Polnoc plant… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Corporate Europe, Energy, EU Priorities 2020, Europe's East, fossil fuels, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, biodiversity, coal, corporate influence, corporations, EBRD, EIB, energy policy, fossil fuels, health, Kulczyk, Poland

All eyes on the EBRD – will it go coal free?

August 14, 2013

Guest post from Justin Guay, Sierra Club In case you missed it, the tectonic plates just shifted in the world of international financial institution (IFI) energy lending. Just weeks after President Obama announced an end to US taxpayer support for overseas coal plants, two of the world’s largest IFIs, the World Bank and the European… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, fossil fuels, Uncategorized

, Bankwatch, climate, coal, EIB, environment, Sierra Club, World Bank

The EIB finally limits coal lending

August 1, 2013

For the last couple of years, we have been calling on the European Investment Bank to drop coal lending. Finally, we’re starting to see some results. by Anna Roggenbuck, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog Last Friday, the EIB published a new energy lending policy, which shall be in place for some five-six years. Already in… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, Energy Efficiency, EU Priorities 2020, fossil fuels, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, climate action, coal, EBRD, EIB, Energy, EPS, European Bank for Reconstruction Development, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Union, fossil fuels, green investments, success, World Bank

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