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China's new environment law submitted to parliament
2014-04-22 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Amendments to China's 1989 environmental protection law that will mean stiffer punishments for polluters have been submitted to the country's parliament for deliberation, official news agency Xinhua reported late on Monday. The National People's Congress (NPC), China's legislature, will consider the amendments during its latest bimonthly session, which runs until Thursday this week, Xinhua said. The first change to the legislation in 25 years will give legal backing to Beijing's newly declared...
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European Parliament backs clamp down on plastic bags
2014-04-18 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The European Parliament has backed draft rules that would see EU countries forced to reduce the use of the most common and most polluting plastic bags. MEPs argue that plastic carrier bag litter is a major environmental problem that is known to pollute bodies of water and impact on eco-systems. If approved, member states would have to reduce their use of plastic bags by 50% by 2017 and by 80% by 2019. In 2010, every EU citizen is estimated to have used 198 plastic carrier bags, of which 90% were...
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European Parliament votes to slash plastic bag waste
2014-04-17 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Plans to cut plastic bag use by 80 per cent across the European Union have taken a major step forward, after the European Parliament gave the green light to a new package of regulations designed to slash plastic bag waste. MEPs yesterday voted strongly in favour of the European Commission's proposals that would require all member states to clamp down on single use carrier bags. The plans would also make it legal for countries to impose an outright ban on plastic bags without contravening single...
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EUROPE: Parliament votes for mandatory 'made in' labels
2014-04-16 17:35:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The European Parliament has voted for 'made in' labels to be made compulsory for all non-food products to improve traceability, and tighten up product safety requirements.
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European parliament adopts 'net neutrality' law
2014-04-04 01:45:23| Telecom - Topix.net
The European Parliament voted Thursday to stop Internet providers from charging for preferential access to their networks - a step cheered by consumer groups and startups but bemoaned by the telecommunications industry.
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