Copenhagen climate conference concludes on lowest common denominator
20/12/2009
ALDE group leader, Guy Verhofstadt, manifested his bitter disappointment today at the conclusion of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen that brought together a record number of countries with the urgent objective of...
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Copenhagen: EU must act now
16/12/2009
Lena Ek MEP (Sweden, Centre Party) ALDE Spokesperson on Industry, Research and Energy and ALDE Environment Spokesman Chris Davies MEP (UK, Liberal Democrats) have returned from the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and urged...
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UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen must avoid failure
09/12/2009
Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Liberal & Democrat Group in the European Parliament, is calling on the Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to put their differences aside and agree a binding, international...
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ALDE criticise ECOFIN Council failure to agree climate change financing
21/10/2009
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the ALDE group in the European Parliament was critical of the failure of Europe's finance ministers yesterday to reach agreement, ahead of the all-important Copenhagen summit in December, on financial...
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Commission unveils support for European carbon capture and storage schemes
16/10/2009
Europe's first commercial scale coal-fired power stations equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will be built in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Poland, Spain and Italy.
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Seven CCS projects across Europe to be revealed tomorrow - Davies
30/09/2009
In a major climate change initiative, the European Commission will tomorrow (Thursday) present EU Member States with its proposals for funding seven specific carbon capture and storage demonstration (CCS) projects across Europe.
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Commission lays down the law to car makers
02/09/2009
The European Commission today warned car manufacturers that new types of vehicle cannot be sold on the European market from 2011 unless they comply with requirements to reduce global warming emissions from air conditioning...
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