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SNP Abstain as Scottish Parliament Ban Fracking
2016-06-02 16:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Scottish Parliament have voted to ban fracking because it is not in line with Scotlands climate plan. Labour, Green and Lib Dem members voted for, whilst Conservatives voted against. SNP members abstained from voting at all but the final was 32 votes to 29. The announcement, that came yesterday, was welcomed by a number of campaign groups, including Friends of the Earth Scotland. Mary Church, Head of Campaigns at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: Its great that the Scottish Parliament...
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More Carbon-Market Cuts Eyed as EU Parliament Starts Debate
2016-05-31 16:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The European Parliament will consider enabling faster carbon reductions in Europes emissions market after an assessment in 2023, the strongest signal to date that a global climate deal may prompt tougher caps on companies. Ian Duncan, the European Union assemblys lead lawmaker on a reform of the worlds biggest cap-and-trade program, made the proposal in a draft report that kicks off legislative work on the post-2020 overhaul. The law, proposed to adjust the Emissions Trading System to EU climate...
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French Parliament passes law to ratify Paris Agreement
2016-05-17 23:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: French lawmakers almost unanimously passed a law on Tuesday to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change. The host nation of last year`s critical climate summit is aiming to finalise the formalities, which also require Senate approval, before the summer recess. Ahead of the vote, environment minister Segolene Royal revealed plans to set a national carbon floor price at around EUR30 a tonne. "It is very important that this momentum is followed by a coalition of other countries, she said...
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European Parliament approves new directive on use of PNR in EU
2016-04-18 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The European Parliament has approved a new directive regulating the use of passenger name record (PNR) data in the EU.
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EU Parliament passes data protection rules
2016-04-15 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Consumers have right to know when companies holding data are hacked; rules also harmonise data sharing between police forces.
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