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Guest post: Resettlement process for Kosovo Power Project does not comply with international standards

February 3, 2015

A report published today analyses the process with which 7000 are to be resettled for the Kosovo lignite mine and concludes that the World Bank-financed process does not comply with the bank’s own standards and is plagued by a slew of other weaknesses. by Dajana Berisha Executive director, Forum for Civic Initiatives, Kosovo; cross-posted from… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, Energy Efficiency, fossil fuels, Global Europe, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, coal, KOSID, Kosovo, mining, report, resettlement, World Bank

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Serbian government props up almighty coal

July 2, 2014

A new report by the Belgrade-based NGO CRTA shows that the Serbian government is supporting the Kostolac coal power plant and mines with loan guarantees and potentially VAT exemptions. Propping up the already dominant coal sector, however, will likely further increase Serbia’s vulnerability to extreme weather events. Increasing Serbia’s energy efficiency and renewables generation would… » read more

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Climate & Environment, Energy, Energy Community, Europe's East, fossil fuels, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, China ExIm Bank, Chinese investors, coal, Elektroprivreda Srbije, Energy Community, EPS, floods, Kings of Coal, Kostolac, mining, resilience, Serbia, state aid, subsidies

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

September 13, 2013

“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

New arrests link corruption with land expropriation at Serbian Kolubara mine

September 11, 2013

Land expropriation and corruption have been two recurring themes at the Kolubara mine. This week’s arrests indicate that they are closely connected. by Zvezdan Kalmar, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog Recent developments in Serbia forebode gloomy times for the country’s energy company EPS. After the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s confirmation on Friday that… » read more

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Energy, fossil fuels, Sustainable Development

, corruption, EBRD, Energy, EPS, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, fossil fuels, Kolubara, lignite, mining, resettlement, Serbia

The reality of resettlement in Kolubara, Serbia: Out of the frying pan into the fire

June 4, 2013

A quick visit to the Kolubara mining basin reveals that the resettlement there looks nothing like the presentation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development that financed the project to which it is related. posted on the Bankwatch blog by Nikola Perusic, Campaigner in Serbian Bankwatch member group CEKOR During a recent visit to… » read more

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Energy, Energy Supply, fossil fuels, Sustainable Development

, Bankwatch, coal, EBRD, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, human rights, Kolubara, lignite, mining, resettlement, Serbia

Archives for mining

Guest post: Resettlement process for Kosovo Power Project does not comply with international standards

Serbian government props up almighty coal

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

New arrests link corruption with land expropriation at Serbian Kolubara mine

The reality of resettlement in Kolubara, Serbia: Out of the frying pan into the fire

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