EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY 6:00 CEST, 20 SEPTEMBER 2021 Stepping On The Gas Poland is planning the biggest fossil gas expansion in Europe, as revealed by Ember’s analysis of Poland’s energy strategy, Polish Energy Policy until 2040 (PEP2040).  In this piece we consider how feasible it is that Poland’s gas plans will materialise, analysing planned new gas projects and coal-to-gas conversions. …

In this open letter, the EEB and partner NGOs call on the International Commission for the Protection of the Odra River against Pollution and the Water Directors of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland to take the necessary measures to protect the river from the disruptive impacts of lignite mining. The Oder river basin is facing an ecological crisis. Lignite …

The Zgorzelec region (where Turów complex is located) was most likely excluded from the support of the Just Transition Fund. All because of the policy of the Polish government and the Polish coal company PGE, which have no plan for the transformation of the Zgorzelec region and want the Turów power plant and mine to operate until 2044. – “2044 …

The Zgorzelec region (where Turów complex is located) was most likely excluded from the support of the Just Transition Fund. All because of the policy of the Polish government and the Polish coal company PGE, which have no plan for the transformation of the Zgorzelec region and want the Turów power plant and mine to operate until 2044. – “2044 is …

On May 15, the PGE plans to open a new unit (496 MW) at the Turów power plant in Bogatynia. This is the last lignite-fired unit to be built in Poland. Despite the use of modern technology, this unit will still emit carbon dioxide – about 2.7 million tons per year. Its negative impact on climate change is contrary to …

The canal project is not able to achieve its goal of connecting the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea via inland navigation. As the project is enormously costly and would lead to huge environmental damage, we ask the European Commission to form its own independent opinion. The affected countries – the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Austria …

BERLIN, 28 January 2020 – Polish authorities have controversially rubber-stamped an environmental permit for the expansion of PGE’s Turów open-pit lignite mine, just hours after receiving critical submissions from a German public consultation process. This indicates that concerns from German people affected by the project are not being taken seriously as part of a crucial process to protect the health …

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 …