Counter Balance

Originally published by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. Fossil gas is gaining ground and increasing in importance in the global energy scenario. There are numerous publications and studies evaluating the risk of fuels such as crude oil and coal, but in the case of gas it is more difficult to find critical analyses of the risks involved […]

A group of 10 NGOs from 7 countries forming the “Balkan Monitoring Public Finances“ project published today a study and policy briefing examining trends in public infrastructure projects in southeast Europe, including the role of the EU and financing institutions. The study includes several case studies of controversial projects financed by the European Investment Bank […]

Originally published on the CAN Europe website. European politicians may be talking up their climate action, but in reality the EU is still subsidising new gas infrastructure that will lock Europe into the fossil fuel age for decades. The gas projects are also associated with human rights violations, corruption, and environmental destruction. Gas is a […]

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15 March 2018 Prague, Brussels, Rome, London – Today the board of directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) green-lighted a EUR 932 million loan to the Trans Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP), the Turkish section of the Southern Gas Corridor, a month after handing out the largest ever fossil fuels loan to the western section of the […]

CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance, Friends of the Earth Europe, 350.org 6 February 2018 Prague, Brussels The European Investment Bank (EIB) voted today to hand out one of Europe’s largest ever loans to one of the EU’s largest fossil fuel projects, the contentious Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The loan approval follows the release of a […]