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Sostanj (Slovenia)

Type: City

Name: Sostanj (Slovenia)

Country: Slovenia

Latitude: 46.380001

Longitude: 15.05

population: 2,776

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Terex Corporation

Tight squeeze for Felbermayr

May 17 - Austrian crane service provider Felbermayr has installed two oversized components inside a cooling tower of the Šoštanj power plant in Slovenia.Share|A Terex AC 1000 all-terrain crane -in combination with a 500-tonne assist crane - was deployed ... [Published Heavy Lift - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sostanj (Slovenia), Michael Lehner, Terex Corporation, Counterpoise, Adhesive

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

No funding coal-de-sac for Europe

An influential bank has decided to continue funding new high-carbon energy projects in Europe.The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has no compunction about funding lignite mines in the eurozone, despite lignite being a very polluting form ... [Published Mail & Guardian Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Coal, lignite, Fossil Fuel, high-carbon

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

Divesting from coal is not ideology but climate science - a reminder for the EBRD

Fidanka Bacheva-McGrathEBRD campaign coordinatorThe energy director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has made astonishing statements about coal investments, prompting Bankwatch's EBRD campaign team to react.At about the same time ... [Published CEE Bankwatch Network - May 15 2013]

Entities: EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction & Develop..., Coal, lignite, Climate

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

European energy chief puts forward case for funding coal

EBRD chief Riccardo Puliti warns Europe not to be hasty in adopting 'ideological' policy on carbon intensity funding One of Europe's most influential government-owned investors in the energy industry has hinted it may expand funding of high-carbon coal ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 12 2013]

Entities: EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction & Develop..., Coal, Fossil Fuel, Carbon, lignite

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

No end in sight for EBRD coal finance

Istanbul – With the 2013 EBRD annual meetings underway and in spite of repeated commitments to sustainability, the bank is set to continue financing coal projects that will dangerously aggravate climate change.The EBRD is currently reviewing its energy ... [Published CEE Bankwatch Network - May 10 2013]

Entities: lignite, Coal, Sostanj (Slovenia)

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Borut Pahor

President Pahor Presented Privatisation Process in Slovenia

President Borut Pahor, who was on official visit to France, attended on Thursday a breakfast featuring representatives of French and Slovenian companies, taking the chance to present opportunities emerging as part of the pending privatisation in Slov ... [Published The Slovenia Times - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Borut Pahor, Slovenia, Alstom SA, Sostanj (Slovenia), Krsko (Slovenia)

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

European Investment Bank

NGOs to banks: Never again Sostanj

Disappointed by loan disbursements to one of the dirtiest coal projects in Europe, almost 100 organisations have called on two public lenders to not repeat the same mistakes, ever. Guest post on the Bankwatch blog by Barbara Kvac, Climate campaigner for ... [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Sostanj (Slovenia), European Investment Bank, Slovenia

Quotes

"We configured the AC 1000 with a 42 m luffing jib, 13 m outriggers, and a counterweight of 108 tonnes for the lifts" explained Michael Lehner, Felbermayr project manager. The crane was configured and ready for use in only one day

Tight squeeze for Felbermayr [Published Heavy Lift - May 17 2013]

"We strongly believe in a transition to a low-carbon economy and that is what we want to do as an active citizen. But other pillars need to be addressed" he said

No funding coal-de-sac for Europe [Published Mail & Guardian Online - May 17 2013]

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Tight squeeze for Felbermayr [Published Heavy Lift - May 17 2013]
No funding coal-de-sac for Europe [Published Mail & Guardian Online - May 17 2013]
Divesting from coal is not ideology but climate... [Published CEE Bankwatch Network - May 15 2013]
[Campaign update] EBRD still not withdrawing fr... [Published CEE Bankwatch Network - May 13 2013]
European energy chief puts forward case for fun... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 12 2013]
No end in sight for EBRD coal finance [Published CEE Bankwatch Network - May 10 2013]
President Pahor Presented Privatisation Process... [Published The Slovenia Times - Apr 21 2013]
NGOs to banks: Never again Sostanj [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - Mar 21 2013]

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NGOs to banks: Never again Sostanj [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - Mar 21 2013] Disappointed by loan disbursements to one of the dirtiest coal projects in Europe, almost 100 organisations have called on two public lenders to not repeat the same mistakes, ever. Guest post on the Bankwatch blog by Barbara Kvac, Climate campaigner for ...