Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Poland accused of creating 'climate of fear' for environmental campaigners

EurActiv: Polish environmentalists say that they are operating in a 'climate of fear' involving harassment by the country's security police, and denunciations from government ministers for "working against the public interests of the state". Earlier this month, Treasury Minister Nikolaj Budzanowski used that phrase to drub a registered environmental charity, Client Earth, which has campaigned against coal-fired power plants and for shale gas regulation. "This kind of organisation should accept that there...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/30/poland-climate-fear-environmental-campaigners
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/3/5/1330960696772/Damian-Blog--Open-pit-bro-007.jpg

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