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Reform of the Energy Charter Treaty fails to meet EU objectives

The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is a trade and investment agreement between European and Asian countries that protects investments in the energy sector. Under the ECT, fossil corporations can impose billions of dollars on governments before private arbitration tribunals.
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Expensive to buy: How the Energy Charter Treaty drove up the costs of Germany's lignite phase-out

The Energy Charter Treaty has made it more difficult and more expensive for Germany to phase out coal. This is the conclusion of a briefing that PowerShift is publishing today together with eight other civil society organisations.
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Why the German coal phase-out is so complicated and expensive: New Documents Reveal Federal Government Fears of Energy Charter Lawsuits

  Berlin, 4 November. Der Energiecharta-Vertrag hat den deutschen Kohleausstieg erschwert und verteuert. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt ein Briefing, das PowerShift heute gemeinsam mit acht weiteren zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen herausgibt und...
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