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U-turn by Conservatives and Social Democrats Puts Jobs at Risk

Just now (Wednesday, November 4), a majority of Conservatives, Social Democrats, and Liberals in the European Parliament’s lead Committee on the Environment has decided to move away from the phase-out of combustion engines scheduled for 2035. The Committees on Transport and Industry had already signaled their support for scrapping the pha…
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Conservatives and Social Democrats Put Jobs at Risk

With the support of both Conservatives and Social Democrats, a majority within the Committees on Industry and Transport voted today (Thursday, October 22) to approve an agreement, reached late Monday night, to move away from the planned phase-out of combustion engines by 2035. A vote in the lead committee, the Committee on the Environment…
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Methane Regulation: European Parliament capitulates to fossil fuel lobby and Trump administration

The European Parliament has just called for the Methane Regulation to be postponed by three years.
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PLENARY FLASH: Greens/EFA Priorities 19 to 22 October

GREENS/EFA priorities for the plenary session are the ICC, Connecting Europe through high-speed rail, the COP and much more.
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Data centres: Tech companies must no longer be allowed to treat their electricity and water consumption as a trade secret

Today, the European Commission has just come out with its energy efficiency label for data centres and computing centres.
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We cannot afford inaction - phase out climate killers now

In today’s State of the EU (SOTEU) speech, the Commission President gave only half-hearted answers to this summer's deadly heatwaves and sky-rocketing temperatures. This summer, extreme heat killed over 35,000 people across our continent. Economic loss of extreme temperatures in 2026 alone amounts to an estimated €180 billion in the EU o…
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PLENARY FLASH: Greens/EFA Priorities 14 to 17 September

GREENS/EFA priorities for the plenary session are the SOTEU, the European Democracy Shield, PFAS, Serbia and much more.
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Wildfires: Greens/EFA call for urgent Heatwave Action Plan

As extreme heat and wildfires hit large parts of Europe, forcing evacuations and putting lives at risk, the Greens/EFA Group calls on the European Commission and Member States to urgently implement a European Heatwave Action Plan.
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European Commission significantly weakens its best weapon against climate change

Around ten thousand people have died as a result of the heatwaves of recent months, and with its reform of the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) presented today (Friday, 17 July), the European Commission is putting forward a proposal to significantly weaken the exact market-based solution for climate action and the future of Europea…
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Heatwaves and extreme record temperatures make the switch to electricity a must

The action plan presented today by the European Commission aims to make Europe the world’s first fully electrified continent and to significantly increase the EU’s electrification rate – which has stagnated at 23 per cent for over a decade.