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Rail has a key role in tackling climate change, says European Parliament

EIM - European Rail Infrastructure Managers

Voting in Brussels on 16 March, members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee emphasised the importance of more environmentally-friendly transport when adapting the European Union’s policies to climate change challenges. The European rail sector particularly welcomes provisions to encourage the use of lower carbon modes of transport, and to ensure that all modes abide by the “polluter pays” principle.    

ENEL CONTEMPORANEA AWARD 2010: AND THE WINNER IS… DUTCH ARTIST DUO, BIK VAN DER POL

Enel

• A new format for the fourth edition: the winner is chosen from the 7
artists selected by the international panel of judges.

• The installation will be donated to the MACRO in Rome by Enel, and will
open in the Museum next Autumn.

Rome, March 9th 2010 – The Bik van der Pol duo (artists Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol)
have won the Enel Contemporanea Award 2010, the project sponsored by Enel to create

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Committee (APIC) pushes for guaranteed quality of medicines.

Stub

APIC, the body representing European manufacturers of active pharmaceutical ingredients, has taken steps to help ensure the quality, safety and efficacy of medications taken by European consumers. 

First Solar Joins the Desertec Industrial Initiative Partnership Highlights Promise of Photovoltaic Power in Deserts

First Solar

MAINZ, Germany – March 16, 2010 – First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) on Tuesday announced that it had joined the Desertec Industrial Initiative as an Associated Partner to demonstrate the potential of photovoltaic (PV) solar technology to provide clean, sustainable energy on a vast scale by harnessing the desert sun.

J. Katainen & C. Lagarde chair EPP EcoFin Ministers meeting; opposition leader A. Samaras gives Greek update; ‘EMF’ concept should be considered

Group of the European People’s Party

MEPs must exclude self-employed drivers from the working time directive and show pragmatism on its scope and night work

IRU - International Road Transport Union

The IRU supports an EU level exclusion from the Working Time Directive for self-employed drivers, while asserting Member States’ right to include them where needed and  their obligation to crackdown on fake self-employment. 

CEN and EUROCAE strengthen their collaboration on the safety and efficiency of air traffic management

CEN and CENELEC

Brussels (12 March) Today CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and
EUROCAE (European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment) strengthened
their collaboration by signing a protocol to ensure and maintain technical
cooperation and mutual exchange of information in the field of Air Traffic
Management (ATM).

The protocol was signed by Mrs Elena Santiago, Director General of CENCENELEC
and Mr Gilbert Amato, Secretary General of EUROCAE.

Will Environment Ministers put biodiversity back on its way to recovery?

BirdLife International

 Brussels, 15 March 2010 

BirdLife International [1] welcomes the Conclusions of the Environment Council meeting that took place in Brussels today, regarding the 2020 Biodiversity target.   Last January, the European Commission published its communication presenting 4 options for an EU vision and target for halting the loss of biodiversity beyond 2010. [2]  

Objective of doubling bus and coach transport must be included in EU White Paper on Transport Policy

IRU - International Road Transport Union

March 2010

Best policy and business practices to double the use of buses and coaches and achieve sustainable mobility for all within the next 10 years must be integrated in future EU transport policies.

European governments adopt comprehensive plan to reduce environmental risks to health by 2020

WHO

Copenhagen and Parma, 12 March 2010

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