Slovakia announces end of coal subsidies in 2023
November 21, 2018Slovakia will phase out subsidies for coal mines supplying one of the country’s most polluting power plants, Novaky (266 MW), in the region of Upper Nitra, as of...
Read moreSlovakia will phase out subsidies for coal mines supplying one of the country’s most polluting power plants, Novaky (266 MW), in the region of Upper Nitra, as of...
Read moreMayors in Upper Nitra warn that a coal phaseout in the region is inevitable and are already preparing alternatives. If ever travellers reach Prievidza, the administrative centre of...
Read moreA group of social entrepreneurs are breathing new life into a former mining community in Romania. It was all grey. Grey hills, grey houses, grey forest. Grey silhouettes...
Read moreEven before the excavation I said, ‘You’ll see what will happen with the water and the trees. Everything will dry out.’ But hardly anyone believed me. As the...
Read moreReflecting the European trend for phasing out highly polluting fuels like coal, this preliminary analysis outlines options for a just energy transition in the broad region surrounding the...
Read moreCostas Poutakidis is not one to give up easily. As the chairman of the local community, he defends his home and its inhabitants – if worst comes to...
Read moreCoal accounts for about half of the energy produced in Bulgaria, where most power plants are supplied with cheap lignite from nearby mines. The country’s high coal dependency...
Read moreLoos-en-Gohelle (French department of Pas-de-Calais) has been in complete mutation for two decades. This Nord-Pas-de-Calais town, with a population of 7,000 is deeply marked by its mining history,...
Read moreInterview with Anton Iliev, Head of European Projects Directorate in the Bobov Dol municipality. Just Transition: How affected is the Bobov Dol municipality by the closure of the...
Read moreEstonia is the second largest emitter of CO2 per capita in the European Union and by far the most carbon-intensive economy among the OECD countries. The reason for...
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