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46 CEOs and leaders of major companies and associations call for higher ambition on efficient power and heat generation through cogeneration

COGEN Europe

11 October 2022

PostEurop: Position on the European Taxonomy

PostEurop

CONTEXT

The EU taxonomy1 is a classification system established to clarify which investments are environmentally sustainable, in the context of the European Green Deal. A first delegated act on sustainable activities for climate change adaptation and mitigation objectives2 is applicable since January 2022. A second delegated act for the remaining objectives, i.e. “Environmental Delegated Act”, should be published in 2022.

The Advantages and Risks of Sun Exposure

ESA - European Sunlight Association

Brussels, 10th October 2022

A recent study “Sun Exposure- Hazards and Benefits” by Pelle G. Lindqvist, Elisabeth Epstein and Mona Landin-Olsson provides an evidence-based response and a balanced update on advantages and risks of sun exposure, where it is shown that an overexposure of sunlight can be dangerous but a regulated sunlight exposure has multiple benefits for your overall health and prevents different diseases.

S&Ds welcome new employment guidelines towards better worker protection

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The European Parliament’s employment and social affairs committee yesterday evening endorsed the updated employment guidelines for the European Union member states. These recommendations are intended to improve worker protection by creating more and better jobs across Europe while taking into account the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s war against Ukraine. They will be discussed at the plenary next week.

S&D: To save taxpayers’ money, we must stop the planned exchange of an existing European Parliament building in Strasbourg with a newly constructed one

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The S&D Group opposes the adoption of a controversial plan to exchange the European Parliament’s Salvador de Madariaga (SDM) building in Strasbourg for a newly constructed building called Osmose. According to the Socialists and Democrats, such an exchange would entail spending an unreasonably high amount of taxpayers’ money. The S&D Group tabled an amendment to stop the plans, spearheaded by the EPP, during a vote in the European Parliament's budget committee on a resolution for the EU budget 2023 for the EU institutions.

S&Ds urge President Von der Leyen: the REACH reform should be part of the next Commission Work Programme

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament urge the EU Commission to keep its commitment to propose a revision of the regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) next year. We expect that this crucial reform will be part of the upcoming 2023 Commission Work Programme.

The S&D coordinator in the environment committee, Tiemo Wölken, said:

S&Ds: Pfizer CEO’s shameful disregard of the Covid-19 committee must have consequences

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The shameful decision of Pfizer’s chief executive officer, Albert Bourla, to cancel his participation in today’s debate organised by the European Parliament’s special committee on Covid-19 is completely unacceptable and cannot go unanswered, underline the S&Ds.

Today, the Parliament’s committee on Covid-19 will hold a debate with representatives of five pharmaceutical companies - Pfizer, CureVac, Novavax, Glaxo Smith Kline, and HIPRA. Pfizer is the only company who will not participate with their leading representative.

RUSTIK will run 14 Living Labs to foster sustainability transitions in rural communities

FEUGA - Galician Enterprise-University Foundation

RUSTIK (Rural Sustainability Transitions through Integration of Knowledge for improved policy processes) is a four-year transdisciplinary research project.

The App Economy in Europe: Challenges and opportunities for digital health in Europe

ACT | The App Association
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Wednesday 12 October from 17:30 to 19:00 CEST

Hybrid event: via Zoom and at The Merode Club, Place Poelaert 6, 1000 Brussels

EFA condemns Putin’s violent annexation of territories and the use of minorities as geopolitical pawns

EFA - European Free Alliance

Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion to Ukraine on 24th of February, Putin has recurrently violated international laws. He has invaded another state’s sovereign territory by violent means, he has committed war crimes, and recently he has claimed the forceful annexation of four Ukrainian regions.

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