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    New rights for bus and coach passengers welcomed

    SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has welcomed today's vote in the European Parliament to improve the rights of bus and coach passengers.  The SNP MEP said that the new EU law would be particularly important for improving services for disabled users of bus and coach services.  The n...
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    Study on Rare Earths and Their Recycling

    During recent years technological innovations resulted in manifold applications using rare earths which lead to a steep increase in their demand. A relevant share of the increasing demand is caused by so-called “green technologies”. The action in the fields of recycling should be started now without further delay as it will take a mini…
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    Green Cities, Happy People

    The conference aims at promoting the best practices in terms of urban sustainability and try to explore ways to make other cities benefit from their experience
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    Resource efficiency and raw materials

    The European Commission today presented its 'flagship' communication on resource efficiency. The Greens welcomed the general rhetoric but expressed regret at the lack of clear targets. Commenting on the communication, Green MEP Bas Eickhout said: "It is certainly welcome that the Commission wan...
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    EU Arctic policy

    The European Parliament today adopted a report (Gahler) on a sustainable EU policy for the High North. The Greens welcomed the report, which calls for a de facto moratorium on the exploitation of Arctic resources for the time being. After the vote, Greens/EFA shadow draftsperson Indrek Tarand (Eston...
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    EU traffic rules

    EU transport ministers today reached an agreement on new EU legislation on the cross-border enforcement of traffic rules. This agreement will now be subject to negotiations with the European Parliament. The Greens regretted that the agreed rules were not more effective and urged MEPs to work to stre...
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    Transport rights

    An agreement was hurriedly forced through by the European Parliament and Council last night on new EU rules setting out rights for bus passengers (1). Green MEPs expressed disappointment with the deal, which falls far short of guaranteeing necessary rights for bus passenger. Commenting on the outcom...
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    Event |

    Future of Transport

    How to design and promote a more sustainable mobility? How to more effectively harness already existing tools and technologies? How can the EU’s future transport policy accelerate much needed progress in this domain? This conference is a chance to hear the views and exchange ideas with other European players on approaches and solutions to…
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    Waste crisis in Campania, Italy

    MEPs have raised serious concerns that the region of Campania in Italy is headed towards a new environmental crisis, due to its appalling waste management policy and disregard of EU waste rules. Green MEPs are particularly concerned about an announcement from the Italian government permitting the re...
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    Eurovignette

    EU transport ministers today reached agreement on revising European rules on the charging of heavy goods vehicles (Eurovignette). Green MEPs welcomed the introduction of environmental charging for the first time under EU legislation but expressed disappointment that the agreement fails to take accou...