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EU Withholds Energy Funding from Coal Plants
December 06, 2017
Reuters reports that EU member states have agreed to a deal to reform the bloc's Emissions Trading System with the aim of increasing the price of permits for emitting greenhouse gases and with the inclusion of a provision that will withhold money from the EU's so-called Modernisation Fund from most coal-fired power plants.
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EU Extends Reach of Gas Pipeline Regulation
December 05, 2017
The European Commission recently issued a proposal to extend the EU Gas Directive to ensure that all major pipelines entering EU territory will be subject to supranational rules as part of the bloc's efforts to formulate common rules on energy across Europe.
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UK Develops Special Status for EU Citizens After Brexit
December 05, 2017
The British Government has produced a "technical note" indicating that EU citizens in the UK and their families will be required after Brexit to submit to a criminal background check and apply for a special status that will entitle them to "unique" rights to which UK citizens will no longer have access.
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Brexit Provokes Worries on EU Free Trade, Regulation
December 05, 2017
An article in The Economist raises concerns the Britain's departure from the EU will mean the loss of a hard-line voice on free trade and the perils of over-regulation from the supranational bloc but predicts that Brexit may ultimately spur on the idea of a more "flexible" Europe that "accommodates a variety of preferences" from different tiers of membership.
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NGO Supports ECtHR Complaint over Global Warming
December 04, 2017
The Guardian reports that the nongovernmental organization Global Legal Action Network is supporting an initiative of a group of Portuguese children to fund a complaint before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against 47 European countries over their alleged failure to limit the impacts of global warming and prevent its violation of their human rights.
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