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Expertise and seniority not enough to put seasoned MEPs in the safety zone. After 14 years as an MEP, Austrian Johannes Voggenhuber (pictured), who has topped his country's...

The European Parliament will send its largest-ever delegation to a UN climate change conference. In total, 36 MEPs will head to Poznań, of whom 15 will go as the official...

European Parliament's environment committee refuses to make concessions to German car industry. The European Parliament's environment committee has voted to cap carbon...

Industry committee members split over targets and timetables. A decisive vote by the European Parliament's environment committee on a law to reduce carbon emissions from...

Greens and left-wing MEPs manage to keep target for 2020 reduction. An influential committee of MEPs voted on 1 September to give carmakers more time to reduce carbon...

An intense battle is under way in the European Parliament over a law to compel carmakers to make more fuel-efficient cars, as MEPs prepare for critical votes in the first two...

Head of new agency says uncertainty over funding is its main problem. The head of the EU's new chemicals agency has warned that the organisation may continue to rely on...

Italian MEP rejects phasing in of targets; plenary vote on report expected in autumn. The MEP drafting the Parliament's opinion on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions limits for...

The German car industry has won assurances that Chancellor Angela Merkel will win changes to proposals from the European Commission to limit CO2 emissions from cars....

Deputies claim that Commission proposal to fine carmakers over emissions is a disguise for a tax. A group of MEPs will on Monday (10 March) vote on the legality of European...

The European Parliament announced yesterday (5 March) that Avril Doyle, an Irish centre-right MEP, will draft its opinion on the revision of the EU's emissions trading...

Car manufacturers should be given longer-term targets to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of new vehicles, according to a proposal from the Netherlands that will be...

The European Parliament is sending 19 MEPs to Bali, all of whom are full or substitute members of its temporary committee on climate change. Most are also members of the...

The European Parliament's committee on climate change is aiming to build a global coalition of national parliaments to ensure the success of the Kyoto protocol and its...

MEPs are planning to set up a temporary committee to examine the problems of climate change and the necessary responses. The committee, which would work for a year, will...

A deal on EU chemicals legislation REACH was struck late on Thursday night (30 November), greatly increasing the chances of final adoption by MEPs and governments before the...

A final vote in the European Parliament on proposals to reform the EU chemicals sector is unlikely before December, it has emerged. The controversial legislation, known as...

Guido Sacconi, the Italian Socialist MEP who is drafting the European Parliament's report on the controversial chemicals legislation REACH, is contemplating writing a book...

MEPs have conceded that they are ready to give ground on some of the amendments being put forward as part of the review of the EU's chemical substances policy. Amendments...

The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers will resume battle in September over the proposed EU chemicals legislation REACH. The proposal is coming up for its...