The centre-right’s lead MEP on a policy to cut emissions for shipping got campaign support from commercial lobbyists representing the very same sector. Danish centre-right MEP Pernille Weiss’s campaign for the European elections reportedly received financial support from Danish Shipping, in what a pro-transparency group is calling a dispute of interest. Danish MEP Pernille Weiss. […]

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The Dutch government has actually revealed a brand-new plan of procedures to lower the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions – in order to abide by a court judgment. In 2013, the non-profit Dutch ecological foundation Urgenda, on behalf of around 900 residents, took legal action against the state for the government’s failure to take duty for […]

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