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ClientEarth takes EIB to court over biomass financing row

Madeleine Cuff

15 January 2019 •

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Case represents first time NGO has taken legal action against the European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is facing court action from environmental law group ClientEarth for refusing to launch an internal review over its decision to back an biomass power plant in Spain to...

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