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2005/09/06
August 25, 2005 (China Development Brief) A recent Asian Development Bank research report shows that energy efficiency improvements at existing power plants are a more cost-effective way of increasing supply than building new plants.
2005/09/05
August 22, 2005 (Reuters) The SEC is investigating payments made by a construction consortium led by Halliburton Co. to determine whether any Nigerian officials were bribed to win the Bonny Island LNG contract which received extensive support from Ex-Im Bank, ECGD and other European ECAs
2005/09/04
Sept.2, 2005 (Washington/PRNewswire) The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) today announced relief provisions for exporters and financial institutions located in those portions of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama that have been declared federal disaster areas by the Federal... more
2005/09/02
Issue: Large Dams
The OECD is facilitating negotiations to include hydropower under subsidies for renewable energy projects approved in April 2005. The documents linked below present NGO concerns with this development.
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2005/09/01
August 25, 2005 (Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace) A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled yesterday against the Bush Administration and allowed a groundbreaking global warming lawsuit to proceed. The landmark decision is the first time that a... more
2005/08/07
July 11, 2005 (Source: US Ex-Im Bank) — The US Ex-Im Bank is now offering export financing on repayment terms of up to 15 years for US exports of goods and services to be used in certain renewable energy and water projects. Effective as of July 1, the longer repayment terms are available in accord... more
2005/08/06
August 12 , 2005 (Source: Proyecto Gato) — Six Belgian NGOs have issued a statement calling on Ducroire to improve its policies with respect to the OECD Recommendation on... more
ECAs: Ducroire/ Nationale Delcrederedienst
Issue: Common Approaches, Corruption, Debt, Human Rights, Renewables, Transparency
2005/08/05
March 16, 2005 (Source: UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry) — As a part of its efforts to encourage true "break even" terms of export credits, as required by Article 23 of the OECD mediated...
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2005/08/04
August 2005 (ECA Watch, Paris) — Participants in the OECD mediated Arrangement on Export Credits [PDF] refused to approve an increase of local cost... more
2005/08/03
August 10, 2005 (The Post, Zambia) — Equinox Minerals, a Canadian-Australian listed company, is proceeding with a USD $305M investment in a Zambian copper mine with support from South African and Australian ECAs, as well as from a group of international financial institutions and private banks.
2005/08/02
August 9, 2005 (BBC) — Environmental organisations have warned that major banks may be contravening their environmental and social policies by helping to finance controversial projects indirectly.
2005/08/01
July 27, 2005 (Eurasia Daily Monitor) — A staggering USD $10B cost overrun— double initial estimates— plus a delay in the first LNG shipment from the end of 2007 to summer 2008 have significantly reduced the value of Shell's assets on Sakhalin. US, UK and Japanese ECAs are funding major shares of... more
2005/07/06
June 2005 (Source: Friends of the Earth, UK) — Friends of the Earth UK has again mounted a letter-writing campaign to stop the Ilisu Dam in Turkey. After a successful campaign by NGOs, Balfour Beatty pulled out of the controversial project. However, the German company Siemens has now shown an... more
2005/07/05
June 23, 2005 (Source: Le Gouvernement Wallon, Belgium) — The Belgian Government of the Walloon Region has revoked the export license of arms company New Lachaussée to build an ammunition factory in Tanzania; the Belgian ECA Ducroire will not be... more
ECAs: Ducroire/ Nationale Delcrederedienst
Issue: Arms Trade