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    Climate Change

    7 September 2017

    EU Environment committee votes for higher efficiency targets, Industry and Energy Committee must follow

    The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) welcomes the decision of the European Parliament Environmental Committee to support higher targets for energy efficiency in 2030. This positive step […]
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    28 November 2017

    European Parliament challenges Member States to adopt ‘cheapest and most effective’ route to cut emissions

    The European Parliament is set to back raising EU energy efficiency targets after MEPs in the Industry Committee voted on amendments to the Energy Efficiency Directive […]
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    17 January 2018

    MEPs approve energy savings to rescue Europe’s climate policy

    The European Parliament has backed a more ambitious target for energy efficiency in a vote in Strasbourg today. A 35% binding target in the Energy Efficiency […]
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    14 June 2018

    Limited progress on renewables overshadowed by collapse of energy efficiency talks

    The European Union has agreed a 32% target for renewable energy after earlier talks on energy efficiency failed to reach a deal. While a compromise agreement […]
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    19 June 2018

    Energy efficiency compromise fails Paris Agreement

    The European Union has tonight agreed to increase its energy efficiency by 32.5% by 2030. This figure falls well short of the binding target of at […]
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    23 August 2018

    Lower energy bills as EU retires wasteful light bulbs

    The imminent phase out of halogen light bulbs across the EU is set to deliver mammoth savings to consumers, according to Coolproducts campaigners and market experts. […]
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    9 October 2018

    IPCC report: EU governments must follow the science on climate action

    EU governments must respond to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report with appropriately ambitious conclusions at the Environment Council meeting in Luxembourg today. The European […]
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    11 March 2019

    Newly approved energy labels can transform the way we shop

    EU consumers can expect significant energy savings and cheaper bills following today’s adoption of new EU energy label rules for TVs, fridges, washing machines and other […]
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    9 July 2021

    Higher bills for millions as EU lets lighting firms milk old technology

    Wasteful toxic lamps treated as “cash engine” by Signify, despite green claims EU ignored € billions in consumer losses and its own legal benchmarks 9 July […]
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