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    SNP welcomes European rejection of oil moratorium

    SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Tuesday) welcomed a vote in the European Parliament which rejected calls for a moratorium on deep-sea oil exploration.  The vote was on a report relating to the safety of offshore oil and gas activities. There had previously been calls in the European P...
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    Offshore oil and gas exploration

    The European Parliament today adopted a report setting out its position on the need to revise EU legislation on offshore oil and gas exploration following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Greens expressed regret that the EP was not willing to push for stronger EU rules to address the risk of offs...
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    EU external energy strategy

    The European Commission today presented a communication on security of energy supply and international cooperation. While the EU needs a more coordinated approach to its energy policy, the Greens believe the Commission's proposals are undermined by the failure to outline a strategy to reduce the EU'...
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    Oil industry activities

    The European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy committee (ITRE) today voted on an initiative report on the security of offshore oil and gas activities. After the vote, shadow draftsperson and Green MEP Michèle Rivasi, member of the parliamentary committees on Industry, Research and Energy ...
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    Press release |

    EU offshore drilling regulator rejected

    Scottish National Party MEP Ian Hudghton has welcomed today's vote by the European Parliament's Energy Committee to reject proposals for a European regulator for offshore oil and gas drilling. MEPs had been considering a set of European Commission proposals dealing with safety in offshore oil and ga...
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    News |

    Green Round-up

    For the Greens, the main highlights of the week were the debates and votes on the economic governance pack legislation, on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, on spent fuel and radiactive waste and on strenghtening the consumer rights. Two committee votes - on implementation of EU legislation and on road safety in Europe - were …
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    Road safety

    The European Parliament transport committee today adopted a report on improving road safety in Europe. The Greens welcomed the outcome, notably the support of MEPs for two important Green proposals, recommending the introduction of a Europe wide 30 km/h speed limit in urban areas and for an EU-wide ...
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    The Greens/EFA and EMAS

    Our group has pushed for EMAS policies from the very beginning. There have been a number of successes along the way, but there is still a great deal of work to do. Find out about what we are doing internally, as well as the policies that we continue to push for the European Parliament as a whole to adopt.
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    News |

    Plenary Round-up

    The main issues were the multiannual financial framework, the Eurovignette, the application of Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania, EU-Canada trade relations, the European Arrest Warrant, the nuclear stress tests, the forthcoming EU-Russia Summit and the external dimension of social policy.
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    Heavy vehicles and environmental road charging