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MEPs urge tougher stance on diesel
2015-12-15 15:19:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
MEPs reject new EU standards for diesel car emissions, arguing that they are not tough enough.
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MEPs reject plan to recycle toxic plastics into footwear
2015-11-27 11:42:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Proposals to allow the recycling of plastics that contain the banned softener diethylhexyl phthalate (DHEP) into soft PVC items such as footwear, have been rejected by the European Parliament.
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â‚500 million Agricultural Aid Package not Enough, say MEPs
2015-09-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - The European Commission's €500 million aid package revealed last week is a step in the right direction but it might be not enough to get farmers struggling with falling prices back on their feet, many MEPs told Commissioner Phil Hogan in a debate on Wednesday 16 September.
MEPs vote for tougher air pollution limits
2015-07-16 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Governments across the EU could soon face a new round of tough new air pollution targets, after MEPs on the European parliaments environment committee narrowly voted in favour of fresh round of air quality standards. The committee on Wednesday voted 38 in favour and 28 against, backing a new package of measures that would require member states to meet limits on six pollutants by 2030. The MEPs also voted for interim binding targets for 2025 for all of the designated pollutants except methane...
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MEPs Extend Animal Cloning Ban to Feed, Food and Imports
2015-06-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - A draft law to ban the cloning of all farm animals, their descendants and products derived from them, including imports, in the EU was voted by the Environment and Agriculture committees yesterday (Wednesday 17 June).