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Nuclear accidents

More than 20 years after the catastrophe of Chernobyl, French authorities want to set up a "doctrine" on how to deal with the consequences of a nuclear catastrophe. The easiest solution would be to phase out nuclear.
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Climate package

French Prime Minister Fillon met yesterday top officials of the European Parliament to prepare the French Presidency (July-December 2008). The Greens expressed their concerns as the European Parliament might be weakened in the negotiations on the climate package.
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Kyoto targets

On 16 February 2005 the Kyoto Protocol entered into force. Three years after we are now at the beginning of the first compliance period (2008-2012): there are now 4 years, 10 months and 14 days left for the EU-15 to meet its target of a -8% reduction compared to the 1990 emissions.
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Situation in the Gaza Strip

Greens/EFA welcome the role played by the Egyptian authorities as regards the management of this emergency situation and call for an urgent and exemplary energy project for Gaza, possibly in the Rafah area, in order to assure autonomy and self sufficiency in electricity production and desalinazation for the Gaza population
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EU carbon revenues

One week ahead of the next ECOFIN meeting, the Council's economic policy committee says in a report that governments should have exclusive sovereignty over the money from carbon permit auctions. The European commission demands that at least 20% of the revenues have to be ring-fenced in the fight against climate change.
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Waste and climate change

A briefing by the European Environment Agency shows that the municipal waste volumes continue to grow. The effort to prevent the generation of waste have to be significantly reinforced in order to reduce the emissions from municipal waste.
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Water management

On 29 January water was at the center of the hearing of the European Parliament's CLIM committee. High-level speakers addressed the various aspects of climate change-induced water stress, such as impacts on people, agriculture or nature.
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Greens/EFA Flash

Highlights during the mini-plenary session include a Green report on fishing discards and a vote on a legislative report that aims to liberalising postal services in the EU.
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Climate change and employement

Two days before the European Commission is due to release its "climate package", it is important to focus again on a study launched last year by a consortium led by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the Social Development Agency (SDA). It underlines severale positive aspects on employement of climate friendly measures.
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Green Future Team

We are looking for dynamic young people who can think critically to participate in the Green Future Team, which will develop new ideas for discussion in the run-up to the European Green Summer University, from 29-31 August 2008 and possibly beyond.