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Local authorities are first in line

Measures taken by the European Union over the last few years are being implemented in Member States with difficulty. Transposition into national law has been delayed and no impact is apparent as yet. These measures dealing with energy (...)

By Gérard Magnin, on 16 February 2007 | 09h32 | 1401 visits
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Sevilla 2007 - Sign up now!

The conference will welcome more than 1000 representatives and stakeholders of local authorities, and offers several opportunities to learn and exchange experience via plenary sessions, parallel workshops, roundtables, exhibitions, market places and side events and several occasions for (...)

By Kristina Dely, on 14 February 2007 | 15h32 | 1454 visits
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European Sustainable Energy Week and Local Authorities

Local energy management represented a key dimension during the week. On Monday in the ManagEnergy Reflection Group, representatives of local energy agencies revealed that the recently published Energy Package is weak on the demand side, contains only reference to former directives and the (...)

By Kristina Dely, on 14 February 2007 | 14h53 | 1197 visits
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Green Hydrogen Stakeholder Meeting

Members of the European Parliament, Vittorio PRODI, Jo LEINEN, Claude TURMES among others agreed with participants on the evidence, that our current economic model, fuelled by fossils is not sustainable and we need a new, decentralised, sustainable and affordable energy model! The vision for a (...)

By Kristina Dely, on 14 February 2007 | 11h03 | 1293 visits
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León (ES), winner of the European Mobility Week Award!

Second prize went to Budapest (HU) and third prize to Bologna (IT). European Mobility Week (EMW), supported by the European Commission and held annually, promotes sustainable mobility in towns and cities by encouraging use of low- or non-polluting alternatives to private cars, such as walking, (...)

By Olivier Lagarde, on 13 February 2007 | 11h28 | 1323 visits
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