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The Federated States of Micronesia has made legal history by challenging the development of one of Europe’s largest coal-fired power stations.
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A former ČEZ employee at the Environment Ministry looks to push through renovations on Prunéřov.
Czech Environment Ministry approves expansion of largest coal-fired power plant, disregarding climate concerns of the Pacific and local objections.
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Mrs Rut Bizkova, began her transformation of the Ministry by terminating the Department of Climate and Air Protection and firing a Deputy Minister who was critical of plans to expand the Prunerov power plant.
A mighty Czech power company runs into criticism. Cynical Czechs sometimes pay mock homage to their powerful national electricity company, CEZ, (pronounced “chezz”) by calling their country the “CEZ Republic”. The firm is unusually powerful, even by the standards of former monopolies such as EDF in France. It generates some 75% of the country’s electricity. Though nominally state-run, many see the power flowing the other way: from CEZ’s board into politics.
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Czech energy giant CEZ has already ordered technologies worth several billions of crowns for the upgrade of power station Prunerov, although Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for the project has not been approved yet, daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) says Wednesday.
Prague - Tereapii Mauriaiti, a Maori native to Cook Islands in the Pacific ocean, came to the Czech Republic to support the Greenpeace protest against the reconstruction of the Prunéřov brown coal power plant planned by ČEZ, a Czech energy giant.
Minister of the Environment Jan Dusík (Green, SZ) has resigned from his post as his ministry has failed to issue a stance on the modernization of coal-fired power station Prunéřov II.
DNV’s assessment of Prunéøov II power plant revamp in the Czech Republic shows deviations from Best Available Technology (BAT), with insufficiently explored technical grounds.
The Czech Republic will finish in March an environmental assessment of a planned coal plant refit that a Pacific nation opposed on the grounds it threatens its survival, a Czech minister said on Wednesday.
PRAGUE -- Czech regulators ceded to the demands of Micronesia -- a low-lying archipelago nation on the other side of the world -- over the review of a planned power-plant project.
BRUSSELS — A Pacific island nation has challenged plans by the Czech Republic to refit a coal-fired power station, in an appeal that environmental advocates on Monday described as the first of its kind
CEZ, a Czech power company, is planning a complex renovation of its lignite-fired power plant Prunerov II, which is the biggest industrial source of CO2 emissions in the Czech Republic. The Federated states of Micronesia requested to stop this plan. (click the link "Celý článek" below to read the whole article)
Prague - Micronesia officially asked the Czech Environment Ministry not to allow the planned modernization of the Prunéřov II coal power plant in north-western Bohemia.
Prague - The Czech Environment Ministry has received another letter from Micronesia with its comments on the planned modernisation of Prunerov II, the biggest Czech thermal power plant in north Bohemia, ministry spokeswoman Petra Roubickova told CTK today.
Small island state challenges future of Czech coal plant 15 December 2009 Copenhagen, Denmark — The Czech Ministry of Environment publicly confirmed today that it has received a request from the Federated States of Micronesia for a transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of its biggest coal-fired power plant, Prunerov (1). This is the first time that current or future climate victims could legally influence a foreign industry by arguing that it endangers them due to greenhouse gas emissions.
