Maritsa East Mines are monster-sized lignite pits in south-east Bulgaria. They cover an area of 240 sq km stretching between the towns on Radnevo and Galabovo. The mines...
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Republished from Clean Energy Wire Germany has launched a highly anticipated task force on phasing out coal power, the most prominent blemish on the former climate action pioneer...
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In the discussion on the transformation of the Upper Nitra region, the Slovak executive finally stopped ignoring the local citizens’ initiative. However, before we pop open the champagne,...
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One year after the publication of new rules on coal pollution, the German government has broken its own laws by failing to incorporate the new EU limits into...
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just-transition.info has asked all groups in the European Parliament for their position on Just Transition. We will publish these responses in the order we get them (whether the...
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just-transition.info has asked all groups in the European Parliament for their position on Just Transition. We will publish these responses in the order we get them (whether the...
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The shift from coal to a low-emission or zero-emission economy is now an inevitable reality due to recent changes in European environmental legislation (ETS reform, Industrial Emissions Directive,...
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Most of Europe has started phasing coal out of its power sector, but Balkan politicians persistently claim that building new coal plants will bring jobs in the lignite...
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In his recent think piece published in the Just Transition(s) Online Forum, Tadzio Müller questions the “pitfalls” of the Just Transition narrative and argues that it risks wasting...
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