2021-04-14

Poland won't reach out to its neighbours
It’s highly unlikely Turów will be operating after 2026, argues Polish think-tank - Instrat. (...)

2021-04-01

Escalation of conflict
In Poland, the dispute over Turów is getting more entrenched every day. Activists are (...)

2021-03-02

Turów case as a failure of enforcement of (...)
Only the 9th time in the history of the EU one Member State sues (...)

2021-02-17

Enough with PGE arrogance
Saxony and Liberec region inhabitants are fed up with PGE arrogance and its ignoring (...)

2021-02-03

Despite criticism from the EU, Poland wants to (...)
According to information that Greenpeace managed to verify from several sources, the Polish state-owned (...)

2021-02-02

PGE vs rest of the world
Last week, representatives of the German Saxony group submitted an official complaint to the (...)

2021-01-21

Opencast lignite mining in Turow causes dispute at (...)
Saxony. 21.01.2021 - Today, governing officials and citizens of the city of Zittau, as (...)

2021-01-18

Lignite’s agony artificially delayed
At the end of last year PGE management admitted that the company wants to (...)

2020-12-21

An open door to the Court of Justice
The European Commission has adopted a reasoned opinion in proceedings initiated by the Czech (...)

2020-12-14

Turów is a threat to our cultural heritage
Greenpeace takes actions in defense of a former health resort, Opolno-Zdrój, from Turów mine (...)

2020-12-11

People are tweeting about Turów
The topic of the controversial activity of the Turów open-pit mine is of growing (...)

2020-12-11

Pressure makes sense. ICPO has decided that Turów (...)
The International Commission for the Protection of the Odra River against Pollution has considered (...)

2020-12-11

The Polish response to Turów case is "unacceptable"
On 9 December, a joint statement of representatives of the Czech authorities (Ministry of (...)

2020-11-26

A problem taller than skyscrapers
Poland and the Czech Republic started talks regarding the contested mining license for the (...)

2020-11-09

Turów operations against the precautionary and prevention principles
The Polish Ministry of Climate released the full content of the decision on the (...)

2020-10-29

News about Turów is spreading in Germany
A study about the impact of Turów on Saxony's water has not escaped the (...)

2020-10-20

Who will pay for water for the Turów (...)
The extraction and combustion of lignite from the Turów opencast is an international problem. (...)

2020-10-12

Will Poland face the European Court of Justice (...)
The Czech Republic sent a complaint to the European Commission with regards to the (...)

2020-10-05

PGE needs to put their cards on the (...)
Union men from Turów mine and power plant are complaining about the lack of (...)

2020-09-28

PGE caught in between
Polska Grupa Energetyczna until recently has publically denied scientific consensus on the climate change (...)

2020-09-17

Shoulder to shoulder against the opencast mines. Video (...)
Hundreds of people gathered on August 30th to express objections to the further mining (...)

2020-09-11

In solidarity against Turów and Garzweiler lignite mines. (...)
On August 30, at the place borders of Poland, Czech Republic and Germany meet,  (...)

2020-08-07

Turów dispute continued
Poland still won’t admit that Turów impacts groundwater in the neighbour countries. In Czechia, (...)

2020-07-24

Europe divided on the Tripoint
After the meeting of the Committee on Petitions, it seems to be clear that (...)

2020-07-14

PETI Committee press release
Members of European Parliament across factions urge the European Commission to act promptly regarding (...)

2020-07-10

Let’s meet at the Three-Nations-Point
We encourage everyone interested in the Turów’s issue to follow the proceedings of the (...)

2020-07-03

Leaving lignite is inevitable
Moving away from coal energy pays off for everyone and is indispensable. The sooner (...)

2020-06-26

PGE deprives region’s opportunity to develop
Polish PGE is not letting go and still keeps protecting further exploitation of Turów’s (...)

2020-06-19

Turów violates EU water regulations
We have just finished the Turów opencast webinar. At the same time European Commission (...)

2020-06-04

Turoszow transition
Transition of the Turoszow region is inevitable. It seems that the region’s authorities and (...)

2020-05-22

Lot of noise about Turów in June
The decision allowing a prolongation of the concession for Turów mine, issued by the (...)

2020-05-15

The European Union takes a closer look at (...)
The extension of the license for the Turów open pit mine has not gone (...)

2020-05-07

Opencasts under scrutiny of Rzeczpospolita
Barbara Oksińska from the most read Polish daily - Rzeczpospolita-  is writing about the (...)

2020-05-04

Czechia considers suing Poland
Czech parliamentary committee urge government to charge Poland over Turow mine in court

2020-05-04

EURACTIV: Czech lawsuit against Poland?
Illegal coal mining lawsuit against Poland considered by Czechia

2020-04-15

Post-mining lakes in Turów and Bełchatów
-       Acidic clash with the reality  

2020-04-14

About how the Czechs carried coal through the (...)
"Czech film" is a Polish term for a situation where it is not known (...)

2020-04-14

EC replies to the parliamentary question
Commissioner Sinkevičius answered the question from MEP Zdechovský re. Turów mine

2020-04-08

Unrealistic PGE’s plans of mining in Turów
During the press conference on April 2, 2020. the management board of PGE presented (...)

2020-04-08

Banco Santander supports PGE
A group of four environmental organizations has urged Banco Santander to strengthen its commitment (...)

2020-04-07

Does mBank burn coal from Turów mine?
mBank supports the PGE group, one of the most CO2-intensive companies in Europe.

2020-04-06

How PGE Turów uses shock
...and mocks our neighbours. Case study - by Hanna Schudy

2020-04-06

Emissions do not stop at the border
German politicians oppose the Turów concession

2020-04-01

The crisis is a dead cert
New report on the role of banks in financing fossil fuels

2020-03-27

The city of Zittau appeals
- objection to the continuation of the Turów open-cast mine

2020-03-25

Poland prolonged the mining licence for Turów
Press releases by Frank Bold Society

2020-03-25

Silent permission for the controversial Turów opencast mine
The Polish authorities have quietly extended the mining license for the controversial Turów open (...)

2020-03-24

Official PGE statement from 24 March 2020
The Turów mine will be able to continue operating within the reduced boundaries of (...)

2020-03-22

Thirst for justice: communities take on coal giant (...)
Where Poland, Czechia and Germany meet, a thirsty coal mine threatens to leave 30,000 (...)

2020-03-20

Response to the parliamentary question on Turów (...)
On 20 March 2020 a response to the parliamentary question no. 2685 from Polish parliamentarian (...)