13/04/2022
Nikos Mantzaris, Senior Policy Analyst at The Green Tank, gave an interview on the radio show “Edo kai Tora” by Aspasia Vouzi on ERT3 about the energy transition in the Western Balkans and EU’s decoupling from Russian gas.
09/04/2022
Nikos Mantzaris, Senior Policy Analyst at the Green Tank, gave an interview to Nea TV (Crete) evening news and Lefteris Kourkoulos on the current energy crisis.
06/04/2022
Nikos Mantzaris, Senior Policy Analyst at The Green Tank, commented on the issue of lignite’s use in electricity production with respect to Greece’s energy security in a report by Katerina Christofilidou, on ERT evening news.
05/04/2022
The Green Tank co-signs a joint letter of 36 civil society organizations to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling on the EU to stop promoting the use of fossil gas in the Western Balkans.
28/03/2022
Comment by Nikos Mantzaris in an article by Penny Chalatsi for insider.gr on the issue of the EU and Greece’s phasing out of Russian energy imports.
28/03/2022
According to the latest monthly data for the interconnected electricity network from ADMIE, fossil fuels (fossil gas +lignite) produce more electricity than renewables and large hydro, returning to the first place in the first two months of the year, contrary to the corresponding period of 2021.
21/03/2022
Elena Psyllakou, Communications Officer of Τhe Green Tank, participated in the online conference “Science and Politics” organized by the Nicos Poulantzas Institute, moderating the panel discussion “Environmental data and politics: from climate change deniers to the Green Taxonomy”.
14/03/2022
The Green Tank and the Energy Planning & Sustainable Development Group of the National Observatory of Athens (IERSD/NOA) co-organized an online panel discussion entitled “Quo Vadis ETS?” about the revision of the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) in the framework of the Fit for 55 legislative package.
13/03/2022
Interview by Nikos Mantzaris to Eyaggelia Xirouchaki and the Cretan TV channel NEA TV on the energy crisis and soaring prices.
11/03/2022
The Green Tank co-signs a joint statement of NGOs and think tanks proposing a combined EU policy for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and EU Emissions Trade System (EU ETS).