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New report says risky Georgian dam is risky business

June 26, 2009
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Bankwatch member group Green Alternative today released a new report questioning the ongoing World Bank support for the controversial Khudoni dam project in northwest Georgia.  

In light of the conflict with Russia in August 2008, the report notes with particular alarm the Bank’s insistence that the Khudoni project should be considered a strategic and secure long-term energy sector investment.
European Commission off target on environment say Green 10
June 10, 2009
ArcelorMittal continues to pollute and uproot people’s lives
May 12, 2009
  

EBRD enthusiasm for central Asian gas a step in the wrong direction

June 26, 2009
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Last week's widely reported announcement that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is eager to take a lead financial role in the controversial Nabucco gas pipeline was received with disappointment by NGOs in the region.

Just a month after discussions with civil society at its Annual Meetings, during which the EBRD confessed that the failure of the growth model it has promoted in central and eastern Europe (CEE) is due in part to an over-reliance on commodities and under-investment in energy efficiency measures, the EBRD is again backing a megaproject that would do little to address either issue.

Read more here about what's wrong with the Nabucco pipeline and what the EBRD could be doing to promote sustainable energy futures in CEE.

Deja-vu at Bonn climate talks
June 5, 2009
A transport U-turn that makes sense for the climate and quality of life
May 13, 2009
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Porto Romano thermo-power plant, Albania

 
There is no clean coal, but there are dirty environmental policies - awareness raising poster prepared by EDEN Centre
As the way out of the current energy crisis, the Albanian government has been promoting a series of new hydropower plants and carbon-intensive power generation facilities. Among them is the coal-fired Porto Romano thermo-power plant (TPP) near the port city of Durres, eyed by the Italian energy company Enel.

Under the terms of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of the energy sector in Albania, Enel agreed to construct a coal fired thermo power plant (TPP) and a transmission line to Italy.

According to the environmental assessment study, the plant would consist of two 800 MW coal-fired units, a jetty for handling the imported coal, a transmission line connecting the local substation to Tirana's main substation and an undersea transmission line linking the facility with Italy. Half of the energy produced will be exported to the Italian market, provoking complaints that Italy is exporting its pollution to Albania instead of reducing it.
  
Risky deal, risky business: the Khudoni hydropower plant, Georgia
June 26, 2009
Letter to Worldbank regarding threat of legal actions by KEGOK
June 22, 2009
Worldbank response to open letter calling for cancellation of Moynak Electricity Transmission Project
June 19, 2009
NGO Briefing Via Baltica and Via Carpatia road project
June 9, 2009
Letter to EBRD President Thomas Mirow following the EBRD AGM 2009
June 8, 2009
Letter to EIB's Board of Governors at the occasion of the bank's 51st AGM
June 5, 2009
Letter to World Bank Vice-president calling for immediate cancellation of Moynak Electricity Transmission Project
June 5, 2009
The European Investment Bank and Central Asia: NGO comments to the EIB’s regional strategy
June 5, 2009
High voltage power lines, Ukraine - EBRD AGM Issue Paper
May 20, 2009
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