Environmental NGO to sue for release data on Prunéřov plant from ČEZ

The non-governmental organisation Ecological Legal Service has announced it will be filing a lawsuit against the mammoth Czech energy company ČEZ to force it to release documentation regarding the reconstruction of the Prunéřov power plant. The NGO claims that ČEZ has so far refused to provide the data, which was requested under law for the freedom of information. This request was made pursuant to an earlier ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court that ČEZ is a public institution and thus subject to the freedom of information law. ČEZ is looking to modernise the Prunéřov plant and activists are incensed that the company refuses to lower its CO2 emissions, which are among the highest in Europe.