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    Baby food rules

    The European Parliament environment committee today voted on EU rules on food for young children and infants and food for special medical purposes. The Greens gave a mixed response to the vote, welcoming improvements on labelling but regretting the failure to ensure the most toxic pesticides cannot ...
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    Energy and carbon tax

    The European Parliament economic affairs committee (ECON) today voted on proposed EU legislation on energy taxation, which sets out minimum European rates, notably with a view to introducing EU-level carbon taxation. The Greens welcomed the outcome of the vote, which gives a clear political signal f...
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    Milford Haven - legal action threatened over LNG terminal

    The European Commission has today threatened to take legal action against the UK government in relation to Milford Haven's Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal. With the support of Plaid MEP Jill Evans, local residents have petitioned the European Parliament, highlighting several potential breaches of EU ...
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    Stop Climate Change Blog

    Tomorrow the Industry committee of the European Parliament will vote on the Energy Efficiency Directive. The Greens hope the committee will vote for the strongest and most ambitious text possible......
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    Brussels Agenda

    Priorities for the Greens/EFA group this week include introducing tougher energy efficiency rules, reducing mobile phone roaming chanrges, improving air passenger rights, women and climate change and Serbia's move towards EU menbership.
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    Stop Climate Change Blog

    Today, the EU Members States will vote on a draft law to label fuel from tar sands as highly polluting. The Greens hope that the EU will remain firm in its target...
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    e-fa: News Round-Up February 2012

    February 2012 Round-Up The European Free Alliance (EFA) draws together political parties fighting for democracy and self-determination for the stateless nations and regions of Europe. European Free Alliance MEPs sit in a European parliamentary group with the Greens, making up the fourth largest grou...
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    Greek bail out

    Commenting on the agreement on the second Greek bail out, co-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament Rebecca Harms said: "This bailout buys more time and will avoid an immediate default in Greece but nobody should be under any illusions: the fundamental problems remain uns...
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary week included Eurobonds and the response to the crisis, the controversial EU-Morocco trade protocol, elections in Russia, reform of the milk and dairy sector, homelessness strategy in the EU...
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    Sulphur rules for ships/Air pollution

    The European Parliament environment committee today voted on new legislative proposals aimed at reducing sulphur pollution from ships (1), which are being shepherded through the EP by Green rapporteur/draftsperson Satu Hassi MEP. Speaking after the vote, Satu Hassi said: "Today's vote brings us...