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 …

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*: …

CommerzBank k is the main stockholder of the Polish bank mBank, which is financially involved in the biggest Polish coal companies, e.g. Enea, PGE, ZE PAK. Polish energy companies want to build more than 10GW of power plant capacity –3.2GW is already under construction. Currently, the biggest planned power plant in Poland is Ostroleka C (1,000 MW) and one of …

An appeal to mBank: funding coal affects climate and health Environmentalists of Ecological Association EKO-UNIA took part in the General Assembly of Stockholders of mBank to call on the bank to improve its climate policies and to stop funding companies which plan new coal-based projects. – We hope that mBank which supports the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity and many …

Allianz is becoming more sustainable in the West … will it maintain standards and take full social responsibility for its investments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)? Allianz is divesting its own assets from coal, but not the more than $1 trillion in third party assets, which it manages through subsidiaries such as PIMCO or Allianz Poland S.A. At the …

The last months have seen the return of the long-standing dispute between the supporters of intervention into the natural processes and human management in the Białowieża Forest, and the advocates of extending its protection, arguing that it is a unique forest and an invaluable treasure of nature. We demand maintaining the current restrictions on forest management, and hence we are …

” Today, in the name of over 60 NGOs’, scientists and self-governments we are going to give an appeal letter to the World Bank related to the current „alleged” flood protection programme in Poland… ” Today, in the name of over 60 NGOs’, scientists and self-governments we are going to give an appeal letter to the World Bank related to …

Declaration of the International Coalition „YES to Development – NO to Opencast mines” to prevent building new opencast lignite mines in Europe and to drive European countries transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy. We, undersigned representatives of associations, social organizations, local governments, civil initiatives and individuals have decided to form the International Coalition „YES to Development – NO to …