http://bankwatch.org The CEE Bankwatch Network's mission is to prevent environmentally and socially harmful impacts of international development finance, and to promote alternative solutions and public participation en Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=2096837 EU billions must help to reduce waste, not boost it * European Investment Bank urged to stop fueling the incineration fire * Zero waste, zero pain * The EIB undermines Africa * Strange bedfellows: the EIB’s huge fossil fuels portfolio is smothering clean energy initiatives * A deluge of public subsidies for Ethiopian dam projects, but public benefits missing * Public consultation on EIB environmental policy at last, but problems persist * Czech roads paved with whose gold exactly? Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=2094097 Why is the EBRD tacitly backing Ukraine's nuke-centric, inefficient energy plans? * Football and PPPs do not mix * Renewables continue to get a rough ride in Georgia * Other transitions are out there – but not as the EBRD knows it * Wake up and smell ArcelorMittal - global case studies reveal who picks up the tab for steel giant * PIP squeaks again: no end in sight to info disclosure constipation at the EBRD Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=2091619 Bottom line additionality in Kazakhstan as more miners die * Campaign successes amidst the Black Weeks * New map of projects points the way to environmental and social justice in CEE * Feeding the Asian Tigers: Lack of environmental teeth in ADB’s energy strategy * Counter Balance: Challenging the European Investment Bank * European Parliament looks for more added value from the EIB * Energy Matters: new Bankwatch report and film explore big industry developments in Albania * Going nuclear: the EIB's waiting game continues * EBRD crackdown on “open markets” in Ukraine * They’ll pave paradise and put up...a high-speed road Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=2063808 The more things change… * … the more they stay the same * Backing a loser: PPP never never land comes to CEE * Albania at the crossroads – how the IFIs could be doing so much more * Outbreak of winter silly season commentary on the EBRD * Recent Bankwatch publications Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=2009470 Too much carbon in EU funding – Commission rubber stamps 30 percent rise in Polish GHGs * EIB approves Bujagali Dam in Uganda despite major flaws * Environmental and social safeguards – time to get serious at the EIB * Poland facing trial in European Court of Justice over Via Baltica * Dos and donts - how the EIB can avoid development pitfalls * When is corruption not corruption? Ask the EIB * The memory hole Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=2003231 The need for diversification in the Russian economy: a role for the EBRD? * Sakhalin II problems persist despite ownership fight * EBRD tries to shrug off devastating Kashagan oilfield impacts * Aarhus Convention ignored by IFIs in Albania * Squeezing the poor: the EBRD’s role in privatisation in Montenegro * More EBRD money to fund more Mittal tragedy in Kazakhstan? Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=1994504 Planes, loans and automobiles * Kyrgyzstan’s government rejected HIPC shackles thanks to public pressure * Editorial: Double standards for how much longer? * The nuclear white elephant in Bulgaria’s room * Rospuda interview – EU law in the driving seat * First PPP motorway in Russia to cause problems for thousands of people * Your voice in Europe: support the Green paper on urban transport Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=1930980 Race against time to salvage EU funding for sustainable energy in the new member states * Bulgaria’s nuclear dowry * Customer complaints hit EIB shopping centre loan in Hungary * Hot air could become hotter in Ukraine * EBRD Environmental Policy Review is rolling * Short cuts over houses required for more growth in Slovakia * Toxic dump in a marine reserve? * World Bank Group’s renewable energy numbers exposed * NGO energy report * EBRD pigs to fly again? * New Bankwatch guide helps bring Brussels closer to EU citizens * Can the Kaczynski brothers afford to duck the Via Baltica issue? * Local resistance sees off south Bohemian incinerator Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=1901882 Cohesion or Collision? EU funding and biodiversity * Shell's Sakhalin project no friend of people or nature * People's right to know not fully reflected in EIB's new plans to show * Will the neighbouring countries' biodiversity be bulldozed by TEN-T extension? * EIB 1996-2006; Evolution of an invisible giant * New Citizen's Guide for better use of internationally recognised complaint mechanisms * Saaremaa bridge- a crazy Estonian dream * EU waste strategy and public funds must not go up in smoke Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=1900378 Forging the future, without faking it * Prostitution, trafficking, and STDs on the rise in EBRD oil projects * The EBRD's PIP show * Azerbaijan's oil boom showing troubling signs * Georgia's economic situation less than rosy * New energy targets don't tell the whole story * EBRD's kiss and tell reinvents transition * The memory hole * New Zagreb waste strategy fails to justify incineration Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=1563936 Sakhalin fishermen’s struggle for justice * Can the EIB deliver on development? * The memory hole * Scraping the bottom of the end-of-pipe barrel * Social issues SOS from EBRD Environmental Department * Time to wake up from South-East Europe’s pipeline dreams * Nukes and cronies in the Balkans * Two or three Americans: Wolfowitz and his Republican appointees * World Bank helping to tarnish jewels of Polish nature * EIB in the South. In whose interest? * We will not be moved * EU funds in central and eastern Europe: cohesion or collision? Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=771956 Key IFC review threatens Wolfowitz's noble mission * Czech Republic's carbon cowboys exposed * World Bank rubs salt into Uzbek wounds * Why Serbian pensioners are calling World Bank reforms �?genocidal' * The Memory Hole * Canadian mining company discovering more than it bargained for in south-east Bulgaria * EIR still not getting through in Russia or in Washington Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=772615 * EIB’s proposed revision to Information Policy – a step backwards *The EIB in developing countries – a blessing or a curse? * Large dams, big trouble * Positives undermined: the EIB’s lending for renewable energies * Taxpayers’ money drowned with EIB assistance * Bratislava’s bridge of sighs – EIB content to wipe its hands clean * The Memory Hole * Hunt on for new Communications and Information Director at EIB * EIB reform posters heading to Brussels and Luxembourg Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=772658 * EBRD coughs up for labour rights abuser * Winds of change at the EBRD? * Energy cross roads - it´s make up your mind time for the EBRD * Are the IFIs responsible for the Tulip Revolution? * Sustainable transport: DELAYS AHEAD * Baku Ceyhan documentary wins audience prize at international human rights film festival * Rosia Montana campaigner wins 2005 �?Environmental Nobel’ * Clean energy bankable home and away Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=1822003 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=1822005 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=773153 * Sakhalin II hots up * EBRD: It´s time to combat climate change * Extracting benefits: moving beyond voluntary revenue transparency * EU funds: Quantity and quality must go together * Kresna victory: Sofia rapped over Bern Convention breaches * New Bulgarian coalition formed to optimise Structural funds for 2007-2013 * DOE-no! Another pointless mega-project * EBRD transport policy: How the transition countries can escape the “transit” ghetto * It´s a funny old game! * Banca Intesa pulls out of BTC * The Memory Hole Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=221880 * Troubling trends in the IFC’s Social and Environmental Safeguards review * Oil & development: The World Bank's test case in Africa * If there's mess around your house, don't blame the dustman … talk to his managers * Back To Controversy * The carbon spin doctors: How the World Bank explains emissions trading to journalists * Need some ERUs? Ask the World Bank's PCF how to get more * New Bankwatch publications Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=221879 * Public Funds for Public Benefit – new NGO campaign launched * Mónica Ridruejo uncensored * EIB outside Europe but not out of sight * The IFC’s “no” to controversial Slovak paper mill followed by the EIB’s “yes” * Is thinking big the way to Stability? * BTC campaigner persecuted in Turkey * EIR for all – including the EIB * Dubious gains: the EIB’s involvement in the Slovak rail system * Access denied: the EIB’s mythical Information Policy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:48:08 GMT http://www.bankwatch.org/publications/mail.shtml?x=221878 Energy but not for Sakhalin * EBRD takes action on Uzbek human rights* EBRD must make “publish what you pay” stick * K2R4: the never-ending story * The EBRD and Smithfield Foods: Polish pig farmers stuck in the middle * Filling the EBRD’s natural resources and energy policies void * European Parliament boosts the MDBs renewables debate * The green alternative for Georgia: an interview with Manana Kochladze