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A right to green energy for all

We want green and affordable energy for all

Energy, its provenance and its price, impact both people and the planet. We all want and deserve to live a dignified life on a healthy planet: affordable and renewable energy is the way to this.

But that’s not currently the case

We are in times of social and climate crisis because of our dependency on fossil fuels and authoritarian regimes, raising prices and exploiting the earth.

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A right to energy is the solution

Everyone should have access to affordable and renewable energy, as a basic right. We want the European Union to guarantee that all people living in the EU can benefit from such a right, a fair decision for the people and the environment.

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OUR CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

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Women and Climate Change

Climate change and climate impacts are not gender neutral.  Gender equality is a critical component of responses to climate change at all levels - it should be integrated in all aspects of climate change planning and decision making. At first glance, it might seem unintuitive to link climate c...
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EU climate targets

The European Parliament today failed to adopt a report on the EU's climate change policy, after the final report was rejected by a majority of MEPs. The Greens were forced to vote against an originally strong draft, after centre-right amendments aimed at fundamentally weakening the report and previo...
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Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2012

The European Parliament, –    having regard to the Commission Work Programme 2011 (COM (2010) 623), –    having regard to the Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission adopted on 20 October 2010, in particular Annex IV thereof, -  ...
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Energy efficiency

The European Commission today presented its proposals for an energy saving directive. The Greens criticised the lack of ambition in the proposals, which will make it difficult for the EU to achieve its target of reducing energy consumption 20% by 2020. Commenting on the proposals, Green energy ...
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EU-Russia Summit in Nizhny Novgorod on 9-10 June 2011

The European Parliament, –    having regard to its previous resolutions on Russia with regard, in particular, to the one on the on the conclusions of the EU-Russia Summit in Rostov-on-Don of 17 June 2010 and the one on the Rule of Law in Russia of 17 February 2011, – &nb...
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No Sustainable Resources without new own resources

The EU is facing a major economic and social crisis, together with the food, energy and climate crises, which are multiple manifestations of the limits of our model of development and the mechanisms that support it. The current debt crisis has led Member States to curb public spending and propose au...
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5th European Meeting of Green Local Councillors

This year Berlin will be the scene of a fresh initiative towards strengthening the work of Green local level representatives across Europe. We will discuss how to further develop democratic participation of citizens, how to better...
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Climate change

The European Parliament environment committee today adopted a report by Green rapporteur/draftsman Bas Eickhout on the EU's climate change policy, including a call to step up to a 30% greenhouse gas reduction target in 2020. After the vote, Bas Eickhout said: "Today's vote sends a timely and im...
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Peak oil -Weaning Europe off its oil addiction

The Greens/EFA Group is organising a conference on peak oil and how to wean Europe off its oil addiction. The first part, organised by the "Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas" (ASPO) will hear renowned international experts on peak oil evidence and activities in different EU Member States. In the second part, speakers and MEPs …
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Nuclear industry

Preliminary findings of a new independent study on the status of the nuclear industry were presented today in the European Parliament at a press conference hosted by the Greens/EFA group (1). The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-11 (the final version of which will be presented to the Worldw...