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    Plenary Round-up

    The Green priorities for the plenary session were the situation in Palestine, the economic governance package of legislation, the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement and Western Sahara, road safety, the debate on the State of the Union...
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    Controversial dam in Brazil (Belo Monte)

    The European Parliament adopted a report this week on dam construction, which included a call to halt the construction of a controversial hydro-electric project in Belo Monte, in the Amazon region Brazil. Yesterday, a court in Brazil also ruled that construction should be halted. The Greens welcomed...
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    Controversial dam in Brazil (Belo Monte)

    The European Parliament adopted a report this week on dam construction, which included a call to halt the construction of a controversial hydro-electric project in Belo Monte, in the Amazon region Brazil. Yesterday, a court in Brazil also ruled that construction should be halted. The Greens wel...
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    Stop Climate Change Blog

    In June next year all eyes will be on the UN sustainable development conference in Rio de Janeiro, which will mark 20 years since the original Rio Earth Summit. Unfortunately, many of the goals agreed in 1992 still remain elusive. It is now time to put an end to the 'business-as-usual’ approach - which will only further increase the burde…
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    Press release |

    Passing of Wangari Maathai

    Commenting on the passing of Nobel Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement Wangari Maathai, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "Africa and the world have today lost a heroic defender of fundamental rights, democracy and the environment. Wangari Maathai was and will continu...
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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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    Event |

    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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    Press release |

    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...