PETITION TOOL The seven rules below establish guidance for regional and national authorities developing strategies for, and implementing the just transition at regional level. They are particularly relevant to the ‘country teams’ who discuss and plan the transition, eventually selecting projects to apply for EU funding, under the EU Coal Regions in Transition Initiative. The full implementation of these rules …

Citizens and environmental organizations have emphasized the negative impact of the Turów Mine on the environment, including poor air quality, i.e. the presence of toxic suspended particulate matter and drying of drinking water intakes in the Czech Republic. Dr Hanna Schudy, an activist of EKO-UNIA says – We also point out that in the age of climate disaster counting on …

We will link all three states – the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany – symbolically. We will emphasize that we are living together on one planet, and if we destroy it, it will be a problem for all of us. There are many reasons to participate! Turów mine already has a direct impact on the enormous loss of groundwater that …

Press release by the Ecological Association EKO-UNIA Outstanding experts met to discuss energy perspectives for Poland, and especially energy and climate transition of Lower Silesia in the context of the plans to expand the region’s biggest open-pit lignite mine and power plant in Turów. Referring to social barriers of decarbonisation of economy, Izabela Zygmunt of Bankwatch CEE/Polish Green Network said*: …