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News |

Ecological Disaster in Galicia: EFA MEP Ana Miranda Slams Negligence and Demands Action.

EFA MEP Ana Miranda spoke up against the environmental catastrophe plaguing the coasts of Galicia, initiating an urgent and necessary debate at the European level. The disaster, triggered by the tide of pellets inundating Galician beaches, has shown the lack of an effective response from the Galician government.
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Parliament votes through historic deal that will drastically cut emissions from dangerous f-gases

"F-gases cause serious damage to our climate and undermine our efforts to bring down global temperature rises. This is a huge victory for the climate for the EU to phase out the use of f-gases, which are already doing serious harm to the planet." said Greens/EFA Rapporteur Bas Eickhout.
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Letter |

Greens/EFA demands EU Post-2030 Climate Targets

At COP28 in Dubai, the European Union has played a key role in delivering a successful conclusion of the first Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement. Greens/EFA now expect the European Commission to act upon these conclusions, and to accelerate emissions reduction on our path towards climate-neutrality by putting forward ambitious post-…
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Sarpa salpa fish / CC0 marino-linic
Opinion |

No nature, no fish - Why we need (more) marine protected areas

Caroline Roose
Opinion by Caroline Roose
Marine biodiversity in the Mediterranean is declining. MEP Caroline Roose explains how more marine protected areas can save our oceans.
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Ana Miranda Urges immediate EU Action on Galician Coast Pollution from Pellet Dumping

Ana Miranda, EFA MEP, condemned today in the European Parliament the environmental disaster of plastic pellets dumping on the coast of Galicia and the lack of action by the Galician government of the PP.  On the 8th of December, a ship named 'Tocano' lost part of its shipment, including plastic pellets, off the coast of Galicia and Por…
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News |

Debriefing of the December plenary session

Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included European Council Summit, fiscal rules, COP28, rainbow families, Israel/Gaza, the Sakharov Prize, mental health and protection of consumers against addictive design of online services.
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Press release |

Breakthrough at World Climate Summit marks the end of the fossil fuel era

The World Climate Summit (COP28) ends with a breakthrough towards phasing out oil, coal and gas in energy systems. The presidency of the United Arab Emirates threatened to gamble away the trust it had built up by setting up the Loss and Damage Fund at the start of the conference.
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New draft conclusions do not yet promise a breakthrough

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber has just presented the preliminary conclusions of the COP28 climate summit (Monday, 11 December). The texts form the basis for the final round of negotiations, which the COP28 presidency has announced will be concluded tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 December). Bas Eickhout and Jutta Paulus, Greens/EFA members of the…
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Press release |

Greens/EFA MEPs in Dubai, demands and quotes

From Thursday (30 November) on, heads of state and government, ministers, the EU - represented by Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra - and representatives of non-governmental organisations and lobby groups will be negotiating the global climate crisis at the 28th United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai. Quotes, the Greens/EFA'…
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MEPs put nail in the coffin for sustainable EU pesticides regulation

Cheered on by the big agri industry lobbies, right-wing MEPs together with the far-right, managed to weaken the text in crucial areas. In the end, the text was not good enough for anyone to support it. Members of the European Parliament failed to protect human health and the health of our planet.