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    Greening the EU Energy Roadmap 2050

    The European Commission will present the EU Energy Roadmap this autumn. This paper will follow the Climate Roadmap 2050 adopted by the Commission on 8 March 2011 and present a number of policy measures for the decarbonisation of the energy sector. The EU has committed to an 80-95% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by…
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    Greening the EU Energy Roadmap 2050

    The European Commission will present the EU Energy Roadmap this autumn. Ahead of the publication of this key document, the Greens/ EFA group organises a conference on 22 September to consider what should be the necessary steps and measures that the European Union should take to achieve its ambitious goals in both the energy and the climat…
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    Resource use and efficiency

    The European Commission today adopted its roadmap for resource efficiency. The Greens welcomed the fact that the Commission recognises the importance of resource efficiency but regretted the absence of clear targets and new concrete measures aimed at improving resource efficiency. Commenting on the ...
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    Plenary Round-up

    Priorities for the Greens during the plenary week included the debates on offshore oil exploration, raw materials strategy, EU rules on export credits, the Eurozone crisis, the situation in Syria, public access to documents, EU homelessness strategy...
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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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    Press release |

    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.