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Climate change activists call on EU energy ministers to unlock rooftop revolution
Luxembourg/Brussels – Climate change activists urged EU energy ministers meeting in Luxembourg to live up to their climate commitments and stop restricting the rights of people to produce and share…
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Activists set up solar panels on European Parliament as EU talks on renewables enter crucial stage
Brussels – Activists have installed solar panels on the European Parliament in Brussels on the day EU talks on renewable energy enter a crucial stage. The Parliament is hosting…
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Make or break for renewable energy in Europe
Negotiations on EU renewables directive enter final stage Greenpeace EU media briefing On 17 May, negotiators representing European governments, the European Parliament and the European Commission will hold crunch talks…
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Activists call out EU ministers for failing to support renewable energy development
Sofia/Brussels, 19 April 2018 – Climate change activists demonstrating outside a meeting of EU energy ministers in the Bulgarian capital Sofia urged European governments to stop restricting the rights of…
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EU must not waste second shot to come good on climate change, Greenpeace
Brussels – Heads of government meeting in Brussels have asked the European Commission to review the European Union’s efforts on climate change in view of pledges made under the 2015…
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European Parliament committee restricts controversial subsidies to coal, gas and nuclear plants
Brussels – The European Parliament’s energy committee has proposed restrictions for controversial subsidies for energy utilities in its vote on the energy market reform. So-called capacity mechanisms – national subsidies…
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European Parliament votes to increase renewable energy target
Bad bioenergy still counts towards renewable target Strasbourg – Today the European Parliament voted to increase the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target to 35 per cent. 17 January 2018 Projections…
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Energy ministers give Europeans coal for Christmas
Council adopts preliminary agreement on energy reform package Brussels – European energy ministers have backed coal and other fossil fuels over renewable energy, in the ongoing reform of the EU’s…
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Greenpeace comment on One Planet climate summit
Paris/Brussels – A climate summit hosted by French president Emmanuel Macron on the second anniversary of the Paris climate agreement has ended with a surprise commitment from the World Bank…
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EU 2030 energy package: community power holds key to renewables transition
In the coming days and weeks, European governments and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will have a crucial say on the direction and pace of the European Union’s renewable…
