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Aiming at the Heart of Civil Society
BUDAPEST. With national elections set for the 8th of April, Hungary’s government is running a campaign that focuses on demonising foreign-funded NGOs, which the officials…
Legal Action to Silence Green Action
CROATIA. Embattled investors press heavy charges against government and environmental groups for attempting to halt the development of a golf resort project on the top…
A False Dominance
Erhard Lеhmann looks proud talking about his granddaughter. Only 11 years old and yet quite firm about her choice to never follow in his footsteps…
The Journalist Who Did Not Give Up
Ján Kuciak, an investigative journalist, and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, both 27, were professionally murdered in their house near Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Their…
OECD: Energy Taxes Harmfully Low
Energy taxes in major advanced economies are not used sufficiently to reduce energy use, improve energy efficiency and drive a shift toward low-carbon sources, the…
Coal Lagoons
It’s a frosty January afternoon in the seaside resort of Großräschen. Despite the penetrating cold, a group of elderly bon vivants are rising a late…
Business Plan: Saving Earth
The dream of a new technology that changes the world skyrocketed on 6 February, 2018. But would it help resolve global environmental problems or simply…
Energy’s Local Power
Municipalities could play a crucial role in the energy transition of countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), experts believe. Despite the challenges of dependence…
Polish Defence
Katowice, a city that has thrived thanks to coal mining since 1865, will welcome in November the movers and shakers of global climate policy. But…
A Good Plan Needed
It wasn’t until Tadzio Müller came to Lausatia to protest against coal mining that he realised how important it was to have a good plan…
