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Tag Archives: Week News,Press Release,ENVI :: Environment
EU crackdown on illegal wildlife trade welcomed
The European Commission has today announced an Action Plan to crack down on the illegal wildlife trade and impose minimum sentences on wildlife traffickers, following a successful campaign led by ALDE MEPs Gerben Jan Gerbrandy and Catheri…
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ALDE Group calls for a strengthened EU biodiversity protection.
The European Parliament has today adopted by a large majority recommendations in order to meet the objectives included in the EU’s biodiversity strategy 2010-2020. The EU Birds and Habitats Directives have contributed significantly to pro…
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Circular economy: Timmermans’ rubbishes EU waste targets
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe have today expressed their disappointment with the decision by Vice President of the European Commission, Commissioner Timmermans to re-table a much less ambitious proposal on the circular economy, after he chose to scrap draft laws supported by the European Parliament earlier this year. The European Commission’s revised proposal, which set waste and incineration targets, will outline weaker final recycling targets than its predecessor and it appears that the Commission has done some clever reshuffling.
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Biofuels: EU adopts final agreement
The European Parliament has today adopted the final EU compromise on the directive relating to the biofuels and indirect land-use change (“ILUC”). The main purpose of the draft directive is to start the transition from conventional biofu…
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MEPs back targets to slash plastic bag use
MEPs have today agreed new binding targets today to cut plastic bag use in the EU by 80% by 2025. Up to 200 plastic bags are thrown away every year by the average European, most of them after having been used only once.
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A strong Energy Union would be a nightmare for Putin
Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament commented today:
“Putin is using energy as a weapon to further his interests and divide Europe. It seems that he has already bought an ally in Europe by offering Hung…
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Early reform of EU Carbon Market welcome
The Environment Committee in the European Parliament today adopted ambitious proposals to reform the European Union’s faltering Emissions Trading Scheme. A large imbalance between the supply and demand of allowances, resulting in a surplu…
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Bio fuels: ALDE rapporteur welcomes Parliament vote
The Environment Committee in the European Parliament today adopted its second reading report on ILUC, which will provide a mandate to the ALDE rapporteur, Nils Torvalds MEP to start negotiations with the Council of Member States.
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European Energy Union will hit Putin where it hurts
European Liberals and Democrats today launched their proposals for the creation of an ambitious Energy Union, based on five key priority areas:
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END WILDLIFE CRIME NOW! – ALDE
A shocking report released today by the IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) has shown how thousands of endangered species are bought and sold online in 16 countries – including 6 EU Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, Nethe…
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