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    Peak Oil

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    Biodiversity

    The European Commission today presented an EU strategy* aimed at fulfilling the EU goal of halting biodiversity loss by 2020, agreed by EU leaders last year. The Greens expressed regret that the strategy offers few concrete commitments for achieving this goal and sub-targets that are inconsistent wi...
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    Peak oil -Weaning Europe off its oil addiction

    The Greens/EFA Group is organising a conference on peak oil and how to wean Europe off its oil addiction. The first part, organised by the "Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas" (ASPO) will hear renowned international experts on peak oil evidence and activities in different EU Member States. In the second part, speakers and MEPs …
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    The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-11

    The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-11 (which was presented to the Worldwatch Institute in Washington on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster) makes clear that the nuclear industry was in decline even prior to the nuclear accident in Fukushima.
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    EU budget proposal

    The European Commission today presented its proposals for the EU budget 2012. The Greens hit out at proposals for a major increase in funding for the ITER nuclear fusion project, as well as cuts for energy networks among other areas. Green MEP and budgetary spokesperson Helga Trüpel said: "...
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    Nuclear industry

    Preliminary findings of a new independent study on the status of the nuclear industry were presented today in the European Parliament at a press conference hosted by the Greens/EFA group (1). The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-11 (the final version of which will be presented to the Worldw...
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    EU Cohesion Fund in Poland

    The Polish government plans to get serious with its announcement to transfer EU cohesion funds under the Programme "Infrastructure and Environment" from rail to road projects. As excuse, it cites delays with co-financed railway projects. The monitoring committee responsible has approved th...
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    Carbon and energy tax

    The European Commission will tomorrow present proposals to revise the energy taxation directive, which sets out minimum European rates, notably with a view to introducing EU-level carbon taxation. The Greens welcome the initiative of the Commission but the group has expressed concerns both as regard...
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    Eurovignette

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    Power sector emissions

    Dutch energy utility Vatenfall-Nuon today agreed to suspend a planned coal gasification plant and to an emissions performance standard for all new power plants. The emissions performance standard is set at 360 gram CO2 per kilowatt-hour, which is less than half the emissions of a regular coal power ...