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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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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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European Parliament and Council reach informal agreement on clean fuels infrastructure
2014-03-23 15:30:37| Green Car Congress
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European Parliament Takes Aim at Plastic Bags
2014-03-11 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Members of the European Parliament`s Environment Committee Monday approved a report for reducing the use of single-use lightweight plastic carrier bags. The report recommends a two-stage reduction target for plastic bags across the EU`s 28 Member States. The report advances the MEPs` process of amending the law on packaging and waste to limit the negative impacts of plastic bags on the environment, based on a proposal by the European Commission, the executive branch of the EU government. The...
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