A year after a worthless deal, PGE delivers nothing for Turów locals
February 3, 2023 11:00 amWARSAW, 3 February 2023 – Despite the Polish and Czech governments shaking hands in early 2022 on a 45 million […]
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Calling Time on Coal: Eastern Greater Poland [video]
November 28, 2022 12:30 pmCalling Time on Coal: Eastern Greater Poland, tells the story of how one Polish region steeped in coal has rejected the Polish government’s strategy to keep burning coal until 2049 in favour of blazing its own path beyond coal by 2030 to build a brighter future based upon clean, renewable energy.
Calling time on Coal: Eastern Greater Poland
November 28, 2022 12:21 pmPoland has the second largest coal industry in the EU, but while the majority of other member states will stop burning the dirtiest of all fossil fuels this decade, Poland has no such plan. That is, except for the coal region of Eastern Greater Poland, which has taken matters into its own hands and plans to be coal free by 2030.
European Commission urged to uphold EU law at Poland’s Turów coal mine
October 25, 2022 11:28 amBRUSSELS, 25 OCTOBER 2022 – Czech and German NGOs filed a complaint to the European Commision today, calling on it […]
Flawed Turów coal mine assessment gets green light
October 10, 2022 3:07 pmPoland’s General Director for Environmental Protection waved through an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the country’s Turów coal mine this past Friday, despite expert analysis showing the EIA severely underestimates the amount of groundwater the mine is draining.
Efficient district heating in CEE countries
March 28, 2022 11:46 amWhile modern district heating systems can significantly contribute to the integration of renewable energy in order to decarbonise our energy system, many of the existing systems in Central and Eastern Europe are still highly inefficient and heavily reliant on fossil fuels, such as oil, fossil gas or coal.
Czechia-Poland Turów coal mine deal leaves Czech locals thirsty for justice
February 3, 2022 4:20 pmThe Czech government has angered local people by accepting 45 million euro in compensation from the Polish government and coal company PGE, in exchange for dropping its lawsuit over their illegally operating Turów coal mine at the EU court of justice (CJEU).
Advisor to EU Court says Poland infringed EU law when extending licence for Turow mine
February 3, 2022 4:20 pmAn advisor to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) has said that Poland infringed EU law by extending the licence for its Turow coal mine without carrying out an environmental impact assessment. A final verdict by the CJEU is expected by the spring.
Polish court ruling curbs PGE’s plan to mine at Turow until 2044
February 1, 2022 2:09 pmA Warsaw court has ruled that Polish authorities were wrong to implement an Environmental Impact Assessment at PGE’s Turow coal mine with immediate effect. The ruling effectively blocks the highly controversial 23-year licence extension that Polish utility PGE thought it had secured for its mine.