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EU summit, a missed opportunity for EU energy policy

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Airline emissions

The European Parliament's environment committee today voted to reject an agreement revising how the aviation sector is included in the EU emissions trading scheme. The Greens had criticised the agreement, which would exclude international aviation from the EU's emissions trading scheme for 4 years, ...
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EU truck size rules/monster trucks

<xml> </xml> The European Parliament's transport committee today voted on proposals from the European Commission on EU rules truck dimensions (Directive 96/53/EC). MEPs voted to postpone a decision on the proposals from the Commission, which would have legalised the cross-border use of e...
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Brussels Agenda

Greens/EFA priorities for the week include preventing the spread of mega trucks, clamping down on corporate tax evasion, nuclear safety, EU communications legislation and net neutrality, posted workers, waste shipments, honey labels, bee health and GMOs, emissions from global aviation, Ukrainian crisis and the EU's response, right to wate…
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Greens/EFA Round-up

Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included the Plastic bags and the environment; Remembering Fukushima; EU seed legislation; EU financial supervision; Money laundering; Genetic resources and benefit sharing; Data protection; NSA surveillance and fundamental rights; Phasing out super greenhouse F-gases; Shale gas, fracking a…
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Shale gas

The European Parliament today voted to confirm a legislative agreement revising EU rules on environmental impact assessments (EIAs). The Greens voted against closing the legislative review in first reading, as the agreement with the Council would fail to make EIAs compulsory for shale gas extraction...
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Climate change policy

The European Parliament today voted to confirm an agreement on new EU legislation aimed at curbing climate damaging F-gases (fluorinated greenhouse gases). After the vote, Green MEP Bas Eickhout, who is the European Parliament's draftsman/rapporteur for the legislation, stated: "Scaling down th...
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Remembering Fukushima

The Greens/EFA group held a symbolic action in the courtyard of the European Parliament after listening the testimony of Naoto Matsumura, the last man living in the forbidden zone of Fukushima.
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Strasbourg Flash

Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include reports on plastic bags, EU seed rules, EU financial supervision, money laundering, genetic resources and benefit sharing, data protection, NSA surveillance and basic rights, greenhouse F-gases, EU climate and energy policy to 2030, shale gas, fracking and environmental impact, nano…
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Deflating the Financial Carbon Bubble

The so called 'carbon bubble' - which refers to the overvaluation of oil, gas and coal mining companies because of the need to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources - poses a growing risk to our economies.