Romania plans to expand coal mine over 100 hectares of forests

Romania plans to expand coal mine over 100 hectares of forests

16 January 2023 - More than 100 hectares of forests in Romania's Gorj region could be cut down to expand a lignite mine.

Federation BiH stops Tuzla 7 coal power plant

Federation of BiH stops Tuzla 7 coal power plant project

14 July 2022 - FBiH rejected the proposition from the contractors from China for an alternative supplier of equipment for the Tuzla 7 coal plant project

Pollution coal plants Western Balkans extreme 2021

Pollution from coal plants in Western Balkans remains extreme in 2021

22 June 2022 - Coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans were in breach of Energy Community pollution rules in 2021 for the fourth year in a row.

Activists Romania protest high energy bills demand renewables

Activists in Romania protest against high energy bills, demand more renewables

04 February 2022 - More than 46.000 people in Romania signed a petition with a demand to cut energy bills through green investments

EIB halts loan for Budapest Airport expansion over breach of EU environmental law

EIB halts loan for Budapest Airport expansion over breach of EU environmental law

11 January 2022 - The European Investment Bank's due diligence for the project of Hungary's main international airport lacked basic necessary documentation

Western Balkans coal plants 2.5 times SO2 EU

Western Balkans coal plants emit 2.5 times more SO2 than entire EU

07 September 2021 - Almost 12,000 people died from 2018 to 2020 because of breaches of pollution ceilings in coal-fired thermal power plants in the Western Balkans.

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Coal power stations in Western Balkans emit twice as much SO2 as EU plants

13 July 2021 - The Western Balkans’ 18 coal-fired power plants released twice as much sulfur dioxide in 2019 as all 221 such facilities in the EU.

bankwatch law on renewables serbia

Bankwatch urges Serbia to halt subsidies for small hydropower in new law on renewables

15 January 2021 - The scarce resources available need to be directed at those technologies which still need a boost but whose prices may still fall - mainly solar and wind farms.

Romania coal fired thermal power plants

Romania erases new coal-fired thermal power plants from its plans

23 November 2020 - The Government of Romania claims no more coal power plants would be built and CE Oltenia hinted it is about to scrap the last such project.

Leonardo DiCaprio ban new small hydropower plants FBiH

Leonardo DiCaprio backs campaign to protect Bosnian rivers

23 September 2020 - Conservationist groups from the region and the world urged the Federation of BiH to pass...

Environmentalists EU Chinese violations

Environmentalists demand from EU to tackle Chinese firms’ violations

14 September 2020 - Eight organizations urged the EU to do more to tackle legal breaches by Chinese companies....

Coal plant SO2 emissions in Western Balkans

SO2 emissions in Western Balkans coal plants six times above limit in 2019

23 June 2020 - There was no improvement last year on air pollution from lignite-fired industrial facilities reported to...

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