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    Stop Climate Change Blog

    If shale gas is presented by certain countries as being a bridge fuel to clean energy, more and more researchers across the globe warn that it may have an even worse climate change impact than coal...
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    SNP MEP calls for more EU action to tackle food waste

    Speaking ahead of European Food Safety Day (Thursday 15 September), SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has called for the EU to do more to tackle the significant problem of food waste.It is estimated that across Europe around 89 million tonnes of food goes to waste every year and this is expected to rise to 1...
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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 raw materials strategy

    The European Parliament voted today on the report on the EU's raw materials strategy. After the vote, Reinhard Bütikofer, the draftsperson and Vice-Chair of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance said: "The EP has sent a clear signal today on the direction of the EU's raw material str...
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    Europe - Make it or Break it!

    The second European Green Summer University offered a forum to all those who wanted to express their views about an open and sustainable Europe, a Europe united in solidarity, a Europe strong for its citizens, and responsible to the world.
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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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    New instruments for an ambitious EU energy saving policy

    PROGRAMME > Introduction Claude Turmes, MEP, rapporteur for the Energy Efficiency Directive (15 min) Energy savings - EU's most important energy source of the next decades > Part 1: Mandatory energy saving obligations - or why the EU needs a new business model for its energy and gas compani...
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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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    "The Nuclear Waste Riddle"

    The website contains detailed information on the nuclear waste situation in different European countries as well as in the USA and Russia. For each country, it is possible to see the exact location of nuclear waste sites, how much nuclear waste there is and where it is stored for the time being.