Environment

Order of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 15 September 2022.#European Paper Packaging Alliance v European Commission.#Action for annulment – Environment – Commission Guidelines on single-use plastic products – Directive (EU) 2019/904 – Reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment – Act not open to challenge – Inadmissibility.#Case T-518/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 September 2022

Order of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 15 September 2022.#European Paper Packaging Alliance v European Commission.#Action for annulment – Environment – Commission Guidelines on single-use plastic products – Directive (EU) 2019/904 – Reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment – Act not open to challenge – Inadmissibility.#Case T-518/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 15 September 2022

Endlich Auskunft über Situation bei Gasspeichern und Versorgungssicherheit

Austria · National Council · 14 September 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Karin Doppelbauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Endlich Auskunft über Situation bei Gasspeichern und Versorgungssicherheit

Mission11.at

Austria · National Council · 14 September 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Mission11.at

proposition de loi visant à renforcer le soutien aux territoires dans leur transition écologique

France · Senate · 14 September 2022

Oil Spill Response Review Act of 2022

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2022

Oil Spill Response Review Act of 2022 This bill directs the U.S. Coast Guard to develop and carry out a process to update its review of vessel response plans by increasing the collection and improving the quality of incident data on oil spill location and response capability. The bill also expands expenditure purposes of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must conduct a study on Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency oversight of national, regional, and local area oil spill response frameworks.

A bill to amend Public Law 117-169 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using funds for methane monitoring to be used to monitor emissions of methane from livestock, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2022

This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from using funding for monitoring methane emissions provided under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to monitor methane emissions from livestock.

2021 discharge - European Environment Agency

European Union · European Parliament · 13 September 2022

Save Our Sequoias Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2022

Save Our Sequoias Act This bill provides for the conservation of giant sequoia trees ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) in California, including by providing statutory authority for the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition; directing the coalition to submit a Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment; declaring an emergency on certain public lands and allowing officials to carry out protection plans during the emergency to respond to the threat of wildfires, insects, and drought; directing the Department of the Interior and the National Forest System to develop and implement a Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy; and establishing a variety of programs and funds to support the conservation of giant sequoias.

Baukultur quo vadis?

Austria · National Council · 12 September 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Julia Seidl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport betreffend Baukultur quo vadis?

Baukultur quo vadis?

Austria · National Council · 12 September 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Julia Seidl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Baukultur quo vadis?

proposition de loi visant à élargir à toute l'aviation privée les restrictions s'appliquant aux services réguliers de transport aérien public de passagers

France · Senate · 12 September 2022

Lead by Example Act of 2022

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2022

Lead by Example Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency to set all thermostats in their respective headquarters to at least 78 degrees Fahrenheit when air conditioning is being used.

START Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2022

Simplify Timelines and Assure Regulatory Transparency Act or the START Act This bill sets forth a variety of provisions to expedite the environmental review of energy projects, such as the Mountain Valley Pipeline project.

Reactie op verzoek van de vaste commissie voor LNV over de gevolgen van de drie uitspraken van de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State over emissiearme melkveestallen

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 12 September 2022

Reactie op verzoek van de vaste commissie voor LNV over de gevolgen van de drie uitspraken van de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State over emissiearme melkveestallen

Otto Warmbier Countering North Korean Censorship and Surveillance Act of 2021

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 2022

Otto Warmbier Countering North Korean Censorship and Surveillance Act of 2021 This bill authorizes sanctions related to censorship in North Korea and addresses related issues. The President may impose property-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for implementing or facilitating North Korea's censorship laws and surveillance. For the individuals that meet such criteria, the President may also impose visa-blocking sanctions. The bill also authorizes the U.S. Agency for Global Media to provide increased broadcasting and grants for various purposes, including the development of internet freedom tools to facilitate information sharing related to North Korea and the restoration of the agency's broadcasting capacity to North Korea.  The President must submit to Congress a strategy to combat North Korea's information environment. The Department of State and the Department of the Treasury must jointly report to Congress each year on U.S. government activities related to the enforcement of sanctions against North Korea.

Förderungen der Reduktion der CO2-Emissionen auf der Donau

Austria · National Council · 8 September 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Alois Stöger, diplômé, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Förderungen der Reduktion der CO2-Emissionen auf der Donau

Environment Protection: EU Law

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department will take to (a) strengthen environmental protections as part of any review into retained EU law and regulations and (b) ensure the UK maintains comparable le

Environment Protection: Standards

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department will take to (a) raise environmental standards in the UK and (b) provide the necessary resources to his Department's executive agencies to enforce those stand

2092. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether stricter laws should be put in place to bring about the closure of large-scale puppy farms (details supplied); and his views on whether dogs from commercial puppy farms should not be allowed to be advertised using images that imply that they were bred in a home environment. [42045/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2022

2092. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether stricter laws should be put in place to bring about the closure of large-scale puppy farms (details supplied); and his views on whether dogs from commercial puppy farms should not be allowed to be advertised using images that imply that they were bred in a home environment. [42045/22]

2090. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to, and members of, the results–based environment agri pilot programme who have applied for afforestation approval under his Department’s afforestation grant and premium scheme for the month of June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42039/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2022

2090. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to, and members of, the results–based environment agri pilot programme who have applied for afforestation approval under his Department’s afforestation grant and premium scheme for the month of June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42039/22]

1600. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason that the criteria in HR circular 22/2022, which relates to the new temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees who are unfit for work post Covid-19 infection, excludes employees who do not work in a Covid-19 exposed environment as defined in the Risk Assessment for Covid-19 Vaccination Guidelines for Healthcare Workers but who contracted Covid-19 in their workplace during 2020 and 2021; and if his Department will reconsider this exclusion given the number of healthcare workers impacted by long Covid. [42344/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2022

1600. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason that the criteria in HR circular 22/2022, which relates to the new temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees who are unfit for work post Covid-19 infection, excludes employees who do not work in a Covid-19 exposed environment as defined in the Risk Assessment for Covid-19 Vaccination Guidelines for Healthcare Workers but who contracted Covid-19 in their workplace during 2020 and 2021; and if his Department will reconsider this exclusion given the number of healthcare workers impacted by long Covid. [42344/22]

980. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if she will reinstate extended Covid leave with pay for teachers who contracted long-Covid from working in a Covid-19 exposed environment such as special education teachers working with unmasked children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43750/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2022

980. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if she will reinstate extended Covid leave with pay for teachers who contracted long-Covid from working in a Covid-19 exposed environment such as special education teachers working with unmasked children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43750/22]

466. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reinstate extended Covid leave with pay for teachers who contracted long-Covid from working in a Covid-19 exposed environment, such as special education teachers working with unmasked children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43751/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 September 2022

466. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reinstate extended Covid leave with pay for teachers who contracted long-Covid from working in a Covid-19 exposed environment, such as special education teachers working with unmasked children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43751/22]

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022

United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2022

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 This bill authorizes appropriations through FY2023 for the U.S. Coast Guard. It also revises a variety of requirements concerning the Coast Guard's personnel, operations, infrastructure, and environmental compliance. For example, the bill revises requirements concerning maritime cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, workforce readiness, oil spills, healthcare, vessel safety, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 8 September 2022.#Pesticide Action Network Europe ASBL and Others v État belge.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 – Placing of plant protection products on the market – Article 53(1) – Emergency situations in plant protection – Derogation – Scope – Seeds treated with plant protection products – Neonicotinoids – Active substances posing high risks to bees – Prohibition of the placing on the market and outside use of seeds treated with plant protection products containing those active substances – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/784 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/785 – Non-applicability of the derogation – Protection of human and animal health and the environment – Precautionary principle.#Case C-162/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 September 2022

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Environmental Implementation Review 2022 Turning the tide through environmental compliance

European Union · European Commission · 8 September 2022

Marine Environment: International Cooperation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on working with other nations in the Global Ocean Alliance 30by30 initiative.

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Tirreno Power SpA v European Commission.#State aid – Italian electricity market – Capacity mechanism – Decision not to raise objections – Availability of the electricity production capacity – Modification of the capacity mechanism – Serious difficulties – Procedural rights of interested parties – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020.#Case T-793/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Stowarzyszenie chłodnictwa klimatyzacji i pomp ciepła v European Commission.#Environment – Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 – Fluorinated greenhouse gases – Placement on the market – Release for free circulation – Electronic registry for quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market – Decision to register – Authorisation to use a quota.#Case T-123/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Tirreno Power SpA v European Commission.#State aid – Italian electricity market – Capacity mechanism – Decision not to raise objections – Availability of the electricity production capacity – Modification of the capacity mechanism – Serious difficulties – Procedural rights of interested parties – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020.#Case T-793/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Set SpA v European Commission.#State aid – Italian electricity market – Capacity mechanism – Decision not to raise objections – Availability of the electricity production capacity – Modification of the capacity mechanism – Serious difficulties – Procedural rights of interested parties – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020.#Case T-794/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Stowarzyszenie chłodnictwa klimatyzacji i pomp ciepła v European Commission.#Environment – Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 – Fluorinated greenhouse gases – Placement on the market – Release for free circulation – Electronic registry for quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market – Decision to register – Authorisation to use a quota.#Case T-123/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2022.#Set SpA v European Commission.#State aid – Italian electricity market – Capacity mechanism – Decision not to raise objections – Availability of the electricity production capacity – Modification of the capacity mechanism – Serious difficulties – Procedural rights of interested parties – Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020.#Case T-794/19.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2022

Lithium-ion Battery Storage (Fire Safety and Environmental Permits) Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2022

A Bill to make local fire services statutory consultees for industrial lithium-ion battery storage planning permission applications; to make provision about the granting of environmental permits for industrial lithium-ion battery storage; and for connected purposes.

Freeports: Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether freeport zones will be subject to an environmental impact assessment.

Revoking Engine and Vehicle Requirements Act of 2022

United States · United States Congress · 6 September 2022

Revoking Engine and Vehicle Requirements Act of 2022 This bill amends the Clean Air Act by repealing the provision that authorizes states (i.e., California) to be waived from the prohibition against adopting or attempting to enforce emission control standards on new motor vehicles.

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the International Maritime Organization during the 106th session of the Maritime Safety Committee and the 79th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee on the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code) and to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (‘MARPOL’) Annex VI

European Union · European Commission · 6 September 2022

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many payments were fraudulently charged to his Department’s budget using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22; and what the t

Stärkung von Green Sport in Österreich

Austria · National Council · 2 September 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Maximilian Köllner, MA, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport betreffend Stärkung von Green Sport in Österreich

Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung von Sportverbänden und Vereinen im Hinblick auf steigende Energiepreise

Austria · National Council · 2 September 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Maximilian Köllner, MA, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport betreffend Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung von Sportverbänden und Vereinen im Hinblick auf steigende Energiepreise

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Termination of Employment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff have left his Department since 12 December 2019.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in their Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation.

Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to consult with stakeholders on the 25 Year Environment Plan in advance of its publication in 2023.

Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to section 8 of the Environment Act 2021, what steps his Department is taking to include measures to improve people's enjoyment of the natural environment in future envi

Environment Protection: Standards

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the response to his Department's consultation on environmental targets.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total budget was for his Department in each year since 2010.

Prüfung des importierten Flüssigerdgases auf Umwelt- und Klimaschädlichkeit bei der Erzeugung

Germany · German Bundestag · 2 September 2022

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Inwieweit prüft die Bundesregierung die Herkunft und Erzeugung des Flüssigerdgases, welches zum Jahreswechsel 2022/2023 über die dann eröffneten LNG-Terminals nach Deutschland geliefert werden soll, auf Umwelt- und Klimaschädlichkeit sowie Folgen für die lokale Bevölkerung in den Fördergebieten der Zulieferstaaten?

Rechtswidriges Abkommen für Kälbertransporte nach Italien

Austria · National Council · 31 August 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Katharina Werner, Bakk., Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz betreffend Rechtswidriges Abkommen für Kälbertransporte nach Italien

Klimabonus: die Geschichte hinter den eigenartigen Sodexo-Gutscheinen per Post

Austria · National Council · 31 August 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Gerald Loacker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Klimabonus: die Geschichte hinter den eigenartigen Sodexo-Gutscheinen per Post