2021-11-30

Consequences of the Turów Open-Cast Disaster
In 2016 r. there was a disaster at the Turów mine. At the tailings (...)

2021-11-09

The hearing in the CJEU is the result (...)
The hearing in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding the (...)

2021-10-29

Scientists: There is no future for the Polish (...)
Scientists from the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice analyzed the future of the Turów (...)

2021-10-29

Polish mining unions' protest is a blackmail against (...)
Mining trade union leaders are protesting today at the seat of the Court of (...)

2021-10-29

Czech elections don't resolve dispute
The finished elections in the Czech Republic, contrary to the Polish government's announcements, will (...)

2021-10-08

No agreement on Turów before the elections in (...)
Parliamentary elections are underway in the Czech Republic. If the new government is more (...)

2021-10-06

We cannot forget that the Turów Dispute is (...)
Polish National Coalition „Development YES - Open Pit Mines NO" submitted comments to the (...)

2021-09-27

Poland fined EUR 500,000 per day for violating (...)
Luxembourg, 20 September 2021 - Statement from the Europe Beyond Coal campaign groups on (...)

2021-09-13

For a life without coal
The local Greenpeace group from Upper Lausitz, together with many inhabitants of the region (...)

2021-08-18

IPCC report leaves no doubt: Turów must stop (...)
On 9 August 2021, the report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate (...)

2021-08-18

Turów by Bike - Cycling for a cross-border (...)
It is time to build bridges across borders for a sustainable future. We want (...)

2021-08-12

Power Unit 7 in Turów. Will there be (...)
Negotiations between Poland and the Czech Republic are still in progress, however the details (...)

2021-07-28

The costs of staying with coal
The new power unit in Turów, bulit for PLN 4.3 billion, was shut down (...)

2021-07-14

Little chance for the swift conclusion of the (...)
The fourth round of talks between the Polish and Czech governments over the Turów (...)

2021-07-01

Letter to Virginijus Sinkevičius
Concerned Czech citizens have written a letter to Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for the (...)

2021-06-29

Poland has to show its goodwill in the (...)
The situation in Turów has been dynamic for the last few days, and as (...)

2021-06-04

The problem with Turów and polish coal – (...)
The last few days have been an extraordinary time when it comes to polish (...)

2021-06-04

Why are you burning our future?
The storm surrounding Turów is going on, but Polska Grupa Energetyczna appears to be (...)

2021-05-24

Stoping mining in Turów will not lead to (...)
Analysis by Paweł Czyżak explaining what the consequences of stoping extraction at Turów mine (...)

2021-05-24

European Court of Justice orders halt to operations (...)
The European Court of Justice has ruled that mining at Poland’s sprawling Turów coal (...)

2021-05-14

License that will destroy the region
The Minister of Environment and Climate, Michał Kurtyka, granted a mining license for Turów (...)

2021-04-30

RES could be the future of Turów
Complete coal extraction by 2044 in Turów is not a feasible option. More and (...)

2021-04-29

PGE myths vs reality
In late April 2021 Polish Energy Group (PGE), the owner of the Turów mine (...)

2021-04-28

Other countries may join in the complaint against (...)
The lawsuit presented by the Czech Republic at the European Court of Justice was (...)

2021-04-27

Polish response to the Czech request
Poland has sent its response to the Court of Justice of the European Union (...)

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 (...)

2021-02-12

The last gesture of goodwill
The ministers of foreign affairs of Poland and of Czech Republic met on Friday, (...)

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 (...)