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Three activists released pending trial for protesting against controversial oil terminal construction in VloraApril 14, 2008  The district court in Vlora, Albania last week released three members
of the Civic Alliance for the Protection of Vlora Bay who were
arrested and detained for two weeks after protesting against the
construction of a hydrocarbons terminal in Vlora. The terminal,
regarded by the protestors as bringing few benefits to the local
economy in exchange for high environmental risks, is being built by the
Italian investor La Petrolifera Italo Rumena. The project is currently
seeking a EUR 15 million credit from the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). |
Live from London – EBRD reviews its environmental and social policies April 15, 2008
As public consultations on the EBRD’s reviewed environmental and social and information policies come to a close, Bankwatch staff reports from the final meetings in London by highlighting its concerns with the drafts. Despite the Bank unveiling a list of new Performance Requirements, Bankwatch is apprehensive that environmental protection and the rights of local communities to participate in project design and implementation is largely being left to the clients’ discretion. One of the most glaring oversights by the EBRD is its decision not to give due priority to gender considerations in its lending activities.
Read more about Bankwatch’s specific comments on the policies and watch the video online. Is the European Investment Bank not telling us something?
March 25, 2008
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Tell the EBRD not to back nuclear-supporting infrastructure in Ukraine by the back doorMay 7, 2008 
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering multi-million euro financial support for a pumped storage plant in Ukraine. You may not be familiar with such creatures, but pumped storage plants are dangerous, inefficient energy facilities that are needed to support the “nuclear boom” planned in the Ukraine. Help us to stop this EBRD loan – write to the EBRD's president today!
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Comments on the EBRD draft environmental and social policy and performance requirements
April 15, 2008
Energy Matters: the Vlora coastal terminal. Fact-finding mission report on energy and industry developments in Vlora, Albania
April 5, 2008
EBRD financed Tbilisi Public Transport Project
March 1, 2008
The Gilgel Gibe affair: an analysis of the Gilbel Gibe hydroelectric projects in Ethiopia
February 28, 2008
NGO letter of concern regarding priority projects approved by the Ministerial Council of the South East Europe Energy Community Treaty
February 26, 2008
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