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Question· writtenPQ 68asked

68. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the proportion of Irish Aid which is directed towards efforts to combat climate change, the effects of which are likely to be more intense in the developing world; and the projects operated or supported by Irish Aid. [41096/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2013

68. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the proportion of Irish Aid which is directed towards efforts to combat climate change, the effects of which are likely to be more intense in the developing world; and the projects operated or supported by Irish Aid. [41096/13]

Question· writtenPQ 176asked

176. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Oxfam's latest report, Growing Disruption: Climate Change, Food and the Fight against Hunger, which provides up to date links between climate change and causes of hunger, particularly the threat on food security arising from a reduction in crop production; his position regarding climate change links to world hunger and if he will take on board recommendations outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC AR5 - working group I report released shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41073/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2013

176. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Oxfam's latest report, Growing Disruption: Climate Change, Food and the Fight against Hunger, which provides up to date links between climate change and causes of hunger, particularly the threat on food security arising from a reduction in crop production; his position regarding climate change links to world hunger and if he will take on board recommendations outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC AR5 - working group I report released shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41073/13]

Question· writtenPQ 211asked

211. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the social policy objectives of this Government and of the State, in the context of sustainable home heating, that are advanced by imposing a VAT rate of 23% on solar panels while a 13% levy is imposed on bituminous coal, a contributor to climate change; if this indicates a need for a rebalancing of VAT rates generally, in order to achieve co-ordination with social policy objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39684/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2013

211. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the social policy objectives of this Government and of the State, in the context of sustainable home heating, that are advanced by imposing a VAT rate of 23% on solar panels while a 13% levy is imposed on bituminous coal, a contributor to climate change; if this indicates a need for a rebalancing of VAT rates generally, in order to achieve co-ordination with social policy objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39684/13]

Bill· HRH.R. 3140 (113th)referred

Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2013

Ensure Reliable and Affordable American Energy Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit a regulation concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit to address climate change from taking effect until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certifies that a sufficient number of countries have put into effect regulations concerning such emissions that are at least as stringent as the regulation under the Act. Defines "sufficient number" to mean a number of countries that, in the aggregate, account for at least 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions, excluding those in the United States, in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the regulation under the Act would be enforced.

Question· writtenPQ 1206asked

1206. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will discuss the targets on Irish agricultural emissions as negotiated between his Department, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, and the European Commission by 2020 in an overall policy package by the EU in the field of climate change; his views on whether such restrictions would place Ireland at a disadvantage to other economies in the production of milk and beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38042/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2013

1206. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will discuss the targets on Irish agricultural emissions as negotiated between his Department, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, and the European Commission by 2020 in an overall policy package by the EU in the field of climate change; his views on whether such restrictions would place Ireland at a disadvantage to other economies in the production of milk and beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38042/13]

Question· writtenPQ 85asked

85. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered altering its diplomatic accreditation to Egypt as a result of recent civil unrest and events taking place in the country; if he believes an embassy of Ireland can still operate effectively in the current climate in the country; if his attention has been drawn to the other nations who have recalled their diplomatic missions in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37374/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2013

85. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered altering its diplomatic accreditation to Egypt as a result of recent civil unrest and events taking place in the country; if he believes an embassy of Ireland can still operate effectively in the current climate in the country; if his attention has been drawn to the other nations who have recalled their diplomatic missions in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37374/13]

Bill· HRH.R. 3033 (113th)referred

Energy Security and Employment Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2013

Energy Security and Employment Act - Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to repeal the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Retains the authority of the Secretary of Defense to designate national defense areas on the outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Deems the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015, issued by the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), to be the final oil and gas leasing program for FY2013-FY2018 under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). Considers the Secretary to have issued a final environmental impact statement for such program in accordance with specified law. Terminates the Five Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017. Amends the OCSLA to direct the Secretary to share OCS receipts with states and local governments according to a specified allocation formula composed of bonus bids and royalties to adjacent states, including states that: (1) have a coastline point within 300 miles of the center of the leased tract; and (2) allow leasing within at least 25% of the portion of each state's Adjacent Zone that is within 75 miles of the coastline. Prescribes payment of allocations to: (1) certain states and coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions, and (2) coastal municipal political subdivisions. Permits payment of such funds to be used as matching funds for other federal programs. Directs the Secretary to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas resources on the Coastal Plain within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal the prohibition against leasing or other development leading to production of oil and gas from ANWR. States that the "Final Legislative Environmental Impact Statement" (April 1987) on the Coastal Plain prepared by the Secretary satisfies the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 regarding prelease activities under this Act, including actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary regarding regulations for the establishment of a leasing program before the first lease sale is conducted. States the Secretary shall not be required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action, nor to analyze the environmental effects of those courses of action. Authorizes the Secretary to designate and exclude from leasing up to 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a special area, and 4,000 acres in the Sadlerochit Spring area as another special area, requiring special management and regulatory protection. Prohibits surface occupancy of a special area if the Secretary leases all or a portion of it for oil and gas exploration, development, or production. Authorizes lease terms to permit horizontal drilling technology from sites on lease tracts located outside the special area. Prohibits the Secretary from closing land within the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing, exploration, development, or production except in accordance with this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for lease sales to any person qualified to obtain a lease for oil and gas deposits, at a minimum of 200,000 acres for the first lease sale. Permits lease sales conducted through an Internet leasing program. Prescribes lease sales, terms and conditions, including a timetable for lease sales. Provides for expedited judicial review. Directs the Secretary to: (1) issue rights-of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain for oil and gas transportation, (2) convey to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation specified surface estate of land in accordance with a certain agreement, and (3) convey to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a certain subsurface estate. Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to repeal the prohibition on the use of funds for either a commercial oil shale leasing program or for oil shale lease sales. Directs the Secretary to open lands for leasing of oil shale resources. Prescribes a standard for judicial review governing energy projects, including a limitation upon injunctive and prospective relief. Establishes: (1) the Office of the Federal Oil and Gas Permit Coordinator, and (2) regional offices to coordinate review of federal permits for oil and gas projects on federal lands onshore and on the OCS. Prohibits both the President and the head of a federal department or agency from promulgating regulations providing for the control of emissions of a greenhouse gas, enforce or implement any law or regulation that provides for the control of emissions of a greenhouse gas, take action relating to or take into consideration the climate effects of emissions of a greenhouse gas, consider climate effects in implementing or enforcing any law or condition or deny any approval based upon climate effects. Precludes the Secretary of Transportation from exercising any authority regarding greenhouse gases. Retains specified requirements governing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Nullifies certain rules and actions taken by EPA before the date of enactment of this Act to regulate greenhouse gases for effects relating to atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and climate change. Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit EPA from granting any state request for a waiver of standards to control emissions of greenhouse gas air pollutants from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines of model year 2017. Deems stricken from a state implementation plan any designation of greenhouse gases as pollutants subject to regulation or as regulated pollutants, or otherwise authorizing or requiring limitations on the emission of greenhouse gases under state law. Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal the prohibition against federal procurement of alternative or synthetic fuel unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel supplied must be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources. Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) prohibit any state from prescribing or attempting to enforce any control or prohibition regarding any characteristic or component of either a fuel or fuel additive in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine, (2) require the use of conventional gasoline in a motor vehicle throughout the United States, and (3) repeal certain requirements for oxygenated gasoline. Requires EPA, upon the request of a state governor or the governing body of an Indian tribe, to enter into a streamlined refinery permitting agreement. Requires EPA to conduct a research and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 329 (113th)referred

Calling for the support of the fundamental rights of all Egyptian citizens, equal access to justice and due process of law, and transparent and accountable governance in Egypt.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2013

Supports economic and political reforms that uphold the fundamental rights of all Egyptian citizens, equal access to justice, due process, and transparent and accountable governance. Calls on interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour and the government of Egypt to restore the Egyptian Constitution and the rule of law. Urges: (1) the process of amending the Egyptian Constitution to be transparent and secure broad consensus; (2) the Egyptian Armed Forces and security services to respect the rights of all Egyptian citizens; and (3) full restoration of media and civil society freedoms, including protecting media and journalists and overturning the verdicts in which 43 U.S. citizens, Egyptians, and others were given harsh sentences for their work to support democracy. Calls on: (1) the government of Egypt to continue to meet its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty; and (2) interim President Mansour and the Egyptian Armed Forces to end the climate of impunity, end arbitrary arrests and politically motivated detentions, prosecute acts of violence, and make the protection of of all Egyptian citizens an urgent priority.

Bill· HRH.R. 2948 (113th)referred

Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2013

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2013

Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2013 - Requires the President to establish the Committee for the Cumulative Analysis of Regulations that Impact Energy and Manufacturing in the United States to analyze and report on the cumulative and incremental impacts of covered rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning air, waste, water, and climate change for each of calendar years 2018, 2023,and 2030. Requires such analysis to include: (1) estimates of the impacts of covered rules promulgated as final regulations on or before January 1, 2014, in combination with covered actions on U.S. economic competitiveness, electricity prices, fuel prices, employment, and the reliability and adequacy of bulk power supply in the United States; and (2) a discussion and assessment of the cumulative impact on consumers, small businesses, regional economies, state, local, and tribal governments, local and industry-specific labor markets, and agriculture. Includes among "covered rules" specified national standards for air quality, hazardous and solid waste, and water pollutants and other rules promulgated under specified provisions of the Clean Air Act on or after January 1, 2009. Defines "covered action" as any action on or after such date by the EPA, a state, a local government, or a permitting agency as a result of the application of specified Clean Air Act (CAA) provisions with respect to an air pollutant that is identified as a greenhouse gas.

Bill· HRH.R. 2875 (113th)referred

Waterfront of Tomorrow Act of 2013

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2013

Waterfront of Tomorrow Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to study measures that provide the greatest flood protection and climate resilience for New York City coastal communities from a disaster such as Hurricane Sandy. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the environmental impact of each major disaster that will have a significant environmental impact on U.S. waters. Makes one of the goals of national freight policy to ensure that the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of moving cargo through a community are fully accounted for in establishing the national freight network (composed of highways, railways, navigable waterways, seaports, airports, freight intermodal connectors, and aerotropolis transportation systems most critical to the multimodal movement of freight). Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that ports and harbors are incorporated into the national freight network. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make grants to states and local governments for projects to improve port infrastructure and intermodal rail and highway networks. Directs the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, acting jointly with the EPA Administrator, to establish a green port designation for ports that meet certain environmental standards. Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to provide grants and technical assistance to a designated green port to implement innovations that minimize the environmental impacts of port operations. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the Economic Development Administration (EDA), to make grants to states and local governments for projects to establish environmentally sustainable waterfront areas. Sets the federal share of project costs at 75%.

Question· writtenPQ 99asked

99. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any contact or discussions between his Department and his Northern Ireland Assembly counterpart, Mr Alex Atwood, on climate change legislation. [33802/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2013

99. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any contact or discussions between his Department and his Northern Ireland Assembly counterpart, Mr Alex Atwood, on climate change legislation. [33802/13]

Bill· HRH.R. 2687 (113th)reported

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2013

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2013

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2014-FY2015 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Authorizes programs, activities and reports respecting NASA, including those with regard to human exploration, the Space Launch System, the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle, the International Space Station (ISS), radioisotope thermoelectric generators, extrasolar planet research and exploration, the James Webb Space Telescope, the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, near-Earth objects, space weather, the Deep Space Climate Observatory, land imaging remote sensing data, aeronautics research, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, project and program reserves, and orbital debris mitigation. Establishes a space technology program.

Question· writtenPQ 292asked

292. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which small and medium enterprises' working capital requirements continue to fall short of what is needed in the present climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32303/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 2013

292. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which small and medium enterprises' working capital requirements continue to fall short of what is needed in the present climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32303/13]

Question· writtenPQ 160asked

160. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland's overseas aid programme is assisting developing countries to deal with and increase resilience to environmental hazards and climate change challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31516/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 2013

160. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland's overseas aid programme is assisting developing countries to deal with and increase resilience to environmental hazards and climate change challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31516/13]

Bill· HRH.R. 2601 (113th)referred

Beach Act of 2013

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2013

Beach Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to specify, in performance criteria for monitoring and assessing coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of interest (waters), available protocols for monitoring that are most likely to detect pathogenic contamination. Authorizes states or local governments, in carrying out coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification programs, to develop and implement a coastal recreation waters pollution source identification and tracking program for such waters that are used by the public and that are not meeting applicable water quality standards for pathogens and pathogen indicators. Authorizes appropriations for grants to states and local governments for developing and implementing monitoring and notification programs for FY2014-FY2018. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 through FY2018. Requires a state recipient of a monitoring and notification program grant to report to the EPA Administrator on actions taken to notify state environmental agencies with authority to prevent or treat sources of pathogenic contamination in coastal recreation waters when water quality standards are exceeded. Requires state or local government grant recipients to identify: the use of a rapid testing method to detect levels of pathogens or pathogen indicators that are harmful to human health; measures for communicating the results of a water sample concerning pollutants within 24 hours of receipt to specified officials and all state agencies with authority to require the prevention or treatment of the sources of pollution in coastal recreation waters; measures for an annual report to the Administrator on the occurrence, nature, location, pollutants involved, and extent of any exceeding of applicable water quality standards for pathogens and pathogen indicators; the availability of a geographic information system database that a state or local government program shall use to inform the public about coastal recreation waters, that is publicly accessible and searchable, that is updated within 24 hours of the availability of revised information, that is organized by beach, and that identifies applicable water quality standards, monitoring protocols, sampling plans and results, and the number and causes of beach closures and advisory days; and measures to ensure that closures or advisories are made within two hours after the receipt of the results of a water quality sample that exceeds applicable water quality standards for pathogens and pathogen indicators. Defines "rapid testing method" as a method of testing the water quality of coastal recreation waters for which results are available as soon as practicable and not more than six hours after its commencement in the laboratory. Requires the Administrator to: include a revised list of rapid testing methods in the publication of new or revised water quality criteria; publish with such criteria a list of pathogens and pathogen indicators studied; complete an evaluation and validation of a rapid testing method for the water quality criteria and standards for pathogens and pathogen indicators by October 14, 2012; publish guidance for the use, at coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches that are used by the public, of the rapid testing methods that will enhance the protection of public health and safety through rapid public notification of any exceeding of applicable water quality standards for pathogens and pathogen indicators; identify and review every five years potential rapid testing methods for existing water quality criteria for pathogens and pathogen indicators for coastal recreation waters and complete, as expeditiously as practicable, an evaluation and validation of any such method that will make results available in less time and improve the accuracy and reproducibility of results; and publish the results of such review. Declares a national goal of developing a rapid testing method that can produce accurate and reproducible results in not more than two hours by 2019. Requires: (1) a written assessment by the Administrator of state and local compliance with coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification statutory and regulatory requirements and grant conditions, (2) corrective actions by governments not in compliance, and (3) a review by the Comptroller General of such compliance review and corrective actions. Requires the Administrator to: (1) update the national list of beaches within 12 months after this Act's enactment and biennially thereafter (currently, periodically); (2) study and report to Congress on the long-term impact of climate change on pathogenic contamination of coastal recreation waters; and (3) conduct and report on a study to review the available scientific information pertaining to the impacts of excess nutrients on coastal recreation waters.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)Bill 1239open

Department of Energy and Climate Change (Abolition) Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2013

A Bill to make provision for the abolition of the Department of Energy and Climate Change and for its functions to be absorbed into the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Bill· SS. 1202 (113th)open

SAFE Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2013

Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or SAFE Act - Requires the President to establish an interagency Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel to: (1) adopt the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy (released March 26, 2013) to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources so that such resources become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of extreme weather and climate change; and (2) review and revise such strategy every four years. Requires each agency represented on such panel to integrate the elements of such strategy that relate to conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center within the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to be used to address the impacts of extreme weather and climate change on natural resources. Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Science Advisory Board to advise such Panel on the state of the science regarding such impacts and strategies and mechanisms for natural resources adaptation. Requires each agency represented on such panel to submit to the President a natural resources adaptation plan to address such impacts and implement the plan upon approval by the President. Requires states, in order to be eligible to receive funding under this Act, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior and, as applicable, the Secretary of Commerce for review and approval a state natural resources adaptation plan that details efforts to address impacts of climate change on natural resources and coastal areas.

Question· writtenPQ 151asked

151. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the progress made at the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on 18 June under his chairmanship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29588/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 June 2013

151. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the progress made at the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on 18 June under his chairmanship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29588/13]

Question· writtenPQ 59asked

59. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the growth in agricultural, fisheries and forestry output allowed for in Food Harvest 2020 is wholly compatible with the sectoral adjustment plans envisaged by the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill; if he intends to permit a full strategic environmental assessment of Food Harvest 2020 in view of the likely greenhouse gas mitigation efforts which will be needed within this sector over the coming decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29218/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 June 2013

59. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the growth in agricultural, fisheries and forestry output allowed for in Food Harvest 2020 is wholly compatible with the sectoral adjustment plans envisaged by the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill; if he intends to permit a full strategic environmental assessment of Food Harvest 2020 in view of the likely greenhouse gas mitigation efforts which will be needed within this sector over the coming decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29218/13]

Question· writtenPQ 48asked

48. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any strategic assessment has been undertaken within his Department to establish the likely effect that the sale of harvesting rights at Coillte forests will have on his Department's ability to achieve the aims of the sectoral plans envisaged by the forthcoming climate action and low carbon development Bill; and if he will share the findings; if not, if he will commit to such an undertaking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29215/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 June 2013

48. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any strategic assessment has been undertaken within his Department to establish the likely effect that the sale of harvesting rights at Coillte forests will have on his Department's ability to achieve the aims of the sectoral plans envisaged by the forthcoming climate action and low carbon development Bill; and if he will share the findings; if not, if he will commit to such an undertaking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29215/13]

Bill· SS. 1191 (113th)open

Better Buildings Act of 2013

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2013

Better Buildings Act of 2013 - Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Department of Energy's (DOE) Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to study the feasibility of: (1) significantly improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and construction of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures, and (2) encouraging owners and tenants to implement such measures in separate spaces. Requires the Secretary to publish such study on DOE's website. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Energy to develop a voluntary Tenant Star program within the Energy Star program to recognize tenants in commercial buildings that voluntarily achieve high levels of energy efficiency in separate spaces. Requires DOE's Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to collect data on categories of building occupancy that consume significant quantities of energy and on other aspects of the property, building operation, or building occupancy determined to be relevant to lowering energy consumption. Prohibits the impact on climate change from being a factor in determining energy efficiency of commercial building tenants.

Question· writtenPQ 441asked

441. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the matter of mitigating effects that arise regarding greenhouse gas emissions due to our agricultural industry and open grassland farming since September 2011 when both he and Minister Hogan met the Commissioner for Climate Action on the matter. [28072/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2013

441. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the matter of mitigating effects that arise regarding greenhouse gas emissions due to our agricultural industry and open grassland farming since September 2011 when both he and Minister Hogan met the Commissioner for Climate Action on the matter. [28072/13]

Question· writtenPQ 353asked

353. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Ireland was represented at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change that took place from 3 - 14 June 2013, under the direction of Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres; if so, if he will outline Ireland's contribution at the conference and the positions taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29392/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2013

353. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Ireland was represented at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change that took place from 3 - 14 June 2013, under the direction of Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres; if so, if he will outline Ireland's contribution at the conference and the positions taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29392/13]

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