In January, Romania tried to expand production at a major lignite mine. Now it’s switching the fuel used at a key power station from coal to biomass. The penny...
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Latvia’s government has halted plans to build a liquified fossil gas (LNG) terminal, although campaign groups warn that relying on fossil gas from Estonia, an option the...
Plans to revive a series of old hydroelectric projects in Romania have angered environmental campaigners. Romania’s government plans to use funds allocated under the...
Despite the energy crunch caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Romania has become the latest country in emerging Europe to bring forward its exit from coal. The...
Plans to develop a lithium mine in western Serbia have provoked angry demonstrations amid increasing political tensions over pollution in the country. Thousands of Serbs...
North Macedonia is currently the only country in the Western Balkans to have confirmed that it will exit coal. A new report by the Centre for Research on Energy and...
Shadowy spending of pandemic funds could dash EU hopes for a green recovery, says a new report. European Union member states in Central and Eastern Europe have provided...
Poland appears to have finally committed to removing coal from its energy mix, although not in the immediate future, and details of how the country will go about phasing...
Two and a half years since pollution control legislation under the Energy Community Treaty obliged Western Balkan governments to apply EU norms, new analysis from...
