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Netherlands · House of Representatives · 29 September 2015
verzoek om ook de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu uit te nodigen bij het debat over ProRail
Austria · National Council · 28 September 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Mehrwegsysteme <i>(zur Abfallvermeidung)</i>
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2015
Ensuring Affordable Energy Act This bill prohibits funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from being used to implement or enforce: (1) a cap-and-trade program, or (2) any statutory or regulatory requirement pertaining to emissions of one or more greenhouse gases from stationary sources that is issued or becomes applicable or effective after the date of enactment of this bill. A cap-and-trade program is any regulatory program established after enactment of this bill that provides for the sale, auction, or other distribution of a limited amount of allowances that permit the emission of one or more greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or any other designated anthropogenic gas (caused by human activity).
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2015
Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act or the PUGET SOS Act This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to provide for the coordination of federal Puget Sound recovery efforts with state, local and tribal recovery efforts, including by establishing: conditions for approval by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan for the Puget Sound region; a Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office within the EPA; a Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force; a Save America's Puget Sound Fund in the Department of the Treasury for certain Puget Sound recovery and protection efforts that are included in the Puget Sound Partnership's Action Agenda; and reporting requirements on the status of Puget Sound's recovery. The Puget Sound is an estuary in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2015
Earth Act This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements under the General System of Preferences (GSP). The President shall not designate a foreign country as a beneficiary developing country eligible for preferential treatment under the GSP if it fails to enforce effectively its environmental laws or meet its international environmental obligations, including as they relate to public health.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 28 September 2015
Staat van de Veiligheid in de leefomgeving en het transport 2015
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 28 September 2015
Reactie op verzoek van de commissie voor Infrastructuur en Milieu om informatie over het spoor
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 28 September 2015
Rapport 'Evaluatie toezicht zbo's Ministerie Infrastructuur en Milieu'
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2015
Great Bay Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to postpone for five years establishing water quality standards or effluent limitations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) if those standards or limitations reduce nitrogen discharges into the Great Bay Estuary. That estuary extends from the mouth of Portsmouth Harbor, in the vicinity of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to the head-of-tide for the eight rivers (including the tributaries of those rivers) that flow into Great Bay, Little Bay, and the Piscataqua River. During that five-year period, the EPA may not require a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) to commence construction on any upgrade of a facility for the purpose of enforcing those standards or limitations if the POTW contributes nitrogen loadings in that estuary. The EPA must study eelgrass levels and the causes of any loss of eelgrass habitat in the Great Bay Estuary, and allow public participation in the development of the study.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2015
Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 This bill amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to reduce, for each of FY2015-FY2019, the authorized aggregate amount of loans, guarantees, and insurance the Export-Import Bank may have outstanding at any time. The Bank shall build to and hold in reserve, to protect against future losses, at least 5% of its aggregate amount of disbursed and outstanding loans, guarantees, and insurance. The Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 (EIBRA) is amended to require the Government Accountability Office's quadrennial review of the adequacy of the design and effectiveness of the Bank's fraud controls to include review of the Bank's compliance with these controls. An Office of Ethics is established within the Bank to recommend administrative actions to establish or enforce standards of official conduct. A Chief Risk Officer of the Bank is established to oversee all issues relating to risk within the Bank. A Risk Management Committee is also established to: oversee periodic stress testing on the entire Bank portfolio and the monitoring of industry, geographic, and obligor exposure levels; and review all required reports on the Bank's default rate. The Bank's Inspector General shall conduct an audit or evaluation of the Bank's portfolio risk management procedures, including its implementation of the duties assigned to the Chief Risk Officer. The Bank may establish a pilot program under which it may enter into contracts and other arrangements to share risks associated with its provision of guarantees, insurance, or credit, or participation in the extension of credit. The Bank shall: (1) increase from 20% to 25% of its lending authority the amount made available to finance direct exports by small business concerns, and (2) include in its annual report to Congress a report on its programs for U.S. businesses with less than $250 million in annual sales. The Bank may use a portion of its surplus through FY2019 to update its information technology systems. The Bank, the Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee, and authority for dual use exports (of nonlethal defense articles or services primarily for civilian use) are reauthorized through FY2019. The principal amounts of medium-term financing by the Bank are limited to $25 million Increased from a minimum of $10 million to a minimum of $25 million are the amounts of: long-term loans or loan guarantees the Bank may insure, working capital export loans and guarantees to small businesses, and long-term support for projects to which certain procedures apply regarding the potential beneficial and adverse environmental effects of goods and services for which direct lending and guarantee support is requested. The Bank may never: deny an application for financing based solely on the industry, sector, or business that the application concerns; or promulgate or implement policies that discriminate against an application based solely on the industry, sector, or business that the application concerns. The EIBRA is amended to require the President instead of the Department of the Treasury to initiate and pursue negotiations to end export credit financing. The President shall propose to Congress a strategy the U.S. government will pursue with other major exporting countries, including Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) members and non-OECD members, to eliminate over a period of 10 years subsidized export-financing programs, tied aid, export credits, and all other forms of government-supported export subsidies. The Bank shall study the extent to which products it offers are available and used by companies that export information and communications technology services and related goods.
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 September 2015
Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion B90/GR, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 25 September 2015
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 25 September 2015
Voorstel lid Hoogland (PvdA) planning AO Transportraad en AO Duurzaamheid en milieu
Austria · National Council · 24 September 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit betreffend schwer verletzte Kühe auf Tiertransporter entdeckt
Austria · National Council · 24 September 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Werner Neubauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Gefahr für die Bevölkerung durch Freiwerden von Rauchgasen
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
216. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will further review the shared ownership mortgages issued by local authorities over recent years which have been affected by a 4.5% annual increase in the rental equity of the property with obvious consequences for the purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32682/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
215. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of additional new or second-hand housing units acquired by the local authorities following the various housing initiatives which he has introduced; the extent to which such acquisitions correspond to the relative local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32681/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
214. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has sought or received correspondence from the various local authorities regarding streetscape decay and commercial urban blight; whether it is possible to isolate the causes with a view to resolution, thereby enhancing the visual and commercial value and appearance of towns, cities and villages, which appear to have been affected in some cases by such blight for several years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32679/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
213. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority for each year from 2008 to 2014, inclusive, and in tabular form, the average amount paid for a housing adaptation grant; the number of payments that were less than 50% of the average; and the number that 50% more than the average. [32654/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in each local authority area who are awaiting payment of a housing adaptation grant following a successful application for same; and the number of these persons who have a disability. [32653/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
211. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons, by local authority area, in tabular form, who have applied for housing adaptation grants and who are currently awaiting a decision; and the number of these applicants who have a disability. [32652/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the expenditure for each local authority on housing adaptation grants for each year from 2008 to 2015. [32651/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
209. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the allocation for each local authority for the provision of housing adaptation grants for each year from 2008 to 2015. [32650/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that pay for private occupational therapy assessments, in order to speed up the application process for housing and accommodation applications or modifications. [32647/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
207. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities who are currently on the housing waiting list. [32646/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
206. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of social housing units that were allocated to persons with disabilities in 2014. [32645/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
205. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities who have been waiting for housing adaptations for less than six months; for more than six months but less than 12 months; and for more than 12 months. [32644/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
204. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities currently living in social housing, who have been waiting for housing adaptations for less than six months; for more than six months but less than 12 months; and for more than 12 months. [32643/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
203. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the current inadequacy of options available to local authorities in dealing with problems associated with derelict or abandoned buildings when the owner of a building cannot be identified; and his plans to address this problem. [32628/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
202. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider replacing windscreen display discs for motor tax, insurance and the national car test with number plate recognition technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32600/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
201. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32535/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
200. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new incremental tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority dwellings will be in operation; the details of the scheme; the way it will affect existing local authority dwellings; when regulations outlining the new scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32525/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
199. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to conduct a publicity campaign to encourage new citizens who are currently registered as British, other European Union or non-European Union on the electoral register, to change their citizenship status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32519/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
198. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding applications under the planning permission process and the National Roads Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32498/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
197. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority, the amount of funding provided to each local authority to refurbish social housing voids in 2015, as well as figures detailing the number of voids that have been refurbished to date in 2015. [32483/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
196. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will release a copy of the reply that the Government issued to the European Commission regarding the questions on Leader in 2014, in particular Question No. 209 relating to the population size of a local action group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32478/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2015
195. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the increase charged by local authorities for tenants' rent; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32494/15]
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2015
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an Early Action Compact Program, which allows an area that is not attaining the eight-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) to obtain a deferment of a nonattainment designation upon the relevant state, local, and tribal government voluntarily developing an early action compact plan. The eight-hour ozone NAAQS measures ozone levels over eight-hour periods to determine the amount of ground-level ozone (i.e., smog) in the environment. The EPA: (1) must issue a decision on each early action compact plan no later than one year after it is submitted, and (2) may not designate an area as a nonattainment area until it has issued a decision to approve or deny a plan. The EPA must establish separate requirements relating to winter ozone levels for each early action compact plan.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2015
Gold King Mine Spill Recovery Act of 2015 This bill entitles persons to compensation for allowable damages (i.e., property, business, or financial losses) under the Federal Tort Claims Act if they were injured by the spill into Cement Creek from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. The spill occurred on August 5, 2015. The bill establishes an Office of Gold King Mine Spill Claims within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to process and pay compensation claims. The EPA must work with affected states and Indian tribes to develop, fund, and implement a long-term monitoring program for water quality of the Animas and San Juan Rivers in response to the spill. The bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 by requiring certain agencies to work with affected states as well as research universities to: (1) identify the most dangerous abandoned and inactive mines, (2) establish a priority plan for cleaning up those mines, (3) update the plan as new information becomes available, and (4) develop a long-term research initiative. That initiative must evaluate the physical, chemical, and geological attributes of closed, abandoned, and inactive mines and pursue technological developments to aid in the cleanup of those mines. Prior to carrying out mine remediation activities, agencies must: (1) provide affected tribal, state, and local governments notice of such activities; and (2) develop a spill prevention, control, and countermeasures plan for avoiding and mitigating the impacts of a spill.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2015
Super Pollutants Act of 2015 This bill requires the President to establish the Interagency Task Force on Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation. The Task Force must report on federal agencies' plans for reducing those pollutants, including: (1) black carbon (soot emissions), (2) methane, and (3) hydrofluorocarbons with high global warming potential (high-GWP HFC). The Department of State must develop a comprehensive plan to reduce black carbon emissions from international shipping, which must include a roadmap toward helping countries reduce fine-particle emissions from shipping. While acting as chairperson of the Arctic Council, the Secretary of State must: (1) lead an effort to reduce black carbon through an Arctic-wide aspirational black carbon goal, and (2) encourage observers of that Council to adopt national black carbon emissions reduction goals and mitigation plans. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) must: (1) prioritize black carbon mitigation activities as part of aid distribution activities; (2) give special emphasis to projects that produce substantial environmental, gender, livelihood, and public health benefits; and (3) work with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves to help developing nations establish thriving markets for clean and efficient cooking solutions. The State Department must provide technical assistance to aid international efforts in reducing black carbon emissions from diesel trucks, 2-stroke engines, diesel generators, and industrial processes. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must: (1) evaluate the availability of high-GWP HFC alternatives, and (2) report on a plan for revising regulatory barriers that prevent the use of those alternatives. The bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the manufacture of any uncharged hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 air-conditioning condensing equipment for residential use. The EPA must study and report on the most effective method to minimize the inadvertent release of HFC-134a from automotive air conditioning recharge kits when the recharge container is not being used. The State Department, DOE, the EPA, and the Department of Commerce must provide to other countries technical guidance on containing emissions from gas drilling, landfills, coal mining, and agriculture. The Government Accountability Office must identify: (1) the types of equipment throughout the production value chain that are most likely to have high leak rates, and (2) voluntary efforts on replacing or monitoring those types of equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2015
Designates the week of September 19-September 26, 2015, as National Estuaries Week. Acknowledges the importance of estuaries to sustaining employment in the United States and the nation's economic well-being and prosperity. Expresses the intent of the Senate to continue working to understand, protect, and restore U.S. estuaries.
Germany · German Bundestag · 24 September 2015
Erklärung durch die Bundeskanzlerin, Dr. Angela Merkel:<br /> Umfang und Bewältigung der derzeitigen Flüchtlingswanderungen, Bekämpfung von Fluchtursachen als europäische und als globale Aufgabe, EU als Wertegemeinschaft, Rechts- und Verantwortungsgemeinschaft, europäische Liste sicherer Herkunftsstaaten, Umverteilung von Flüchtlingen, Unterstützung der EU-Kommission, informelles Treffen des Europäischen Rates, gemeinsamer Wille zur Erarbeitung tragfähiger Lösungen in der Flüchtlingsfrage, Hilfen für die Anrainerstaaten Syriens, Sicherung der EU-Außengrenzen, Aufbau von sogenannten Hotspots in Italien und Griechenland, temporäre Grenzkontrollen, Mindeststandards für die Flüchtlingsunterbringung und -versorgung, Durchführung von Asylverfahren, Rückführungen, Voraussetzungen für die Integration, Vereinbarung von Verbesserungen gemeinsam mit den Bundesländern, Bundesmittel, EU-Afrika-Konferenz zu Migrationsfragen, Bilanz der Millenniumsentwicklungsziele, Ziele und Umsetzung der 2030-Agenda (Sustainable Development Goals), Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeit, Armutsbekämpfung, Anpassung der deutschen und europäischen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie, Reform der Vereinten Nationen, Erhöhung der Mittel für Entwicklungshilfe, Erarbeitung eines internationalen Klimaabkommens in Paris, 2-Grad-Ziel, Klimaschutzfinanzierung, Reduzierung der Treibhausgase, Überwindung der derzeitigen großen Herausforderungen, Betonung der Handlungsfähigkeit der Bundesregierung
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 24 September 2015
Brief van de staatssecretaris en minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu en de staatssecretaris van Financiën over het bericht dat een auto van BMW tijdens een test tot elf keer meer uitstoot dan de Europese regels toestaan (Telegraaf.nl, 24 september 2015)
Austria · National Council · 23 September 2015
Antrag der Abgeordneten Michael Pock, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Konsequenzen aus dem Kärntner HCB <i>(Hexachlorbenzol)</i> -Skandal <i>(unsachgemäße Entsorgung)</i>
Austria · National Council · 23 September 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Werner Neubauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend <i>(Atomkraftwerk)</i> Temelin nach den Stresstest-Ergebnissen
Austria · National Council · 23 September 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Martina Schenk, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Europa, Integration und Äußeres betreffend Papierverbrauch und Altpapierentsorgung in den Ministerien
Austria · National Council · 23 September 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Martina Schenk, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit betreffend Papierverbrauch und Altpapierentsorgung in den Ministerien
Austria · National Council · 23 September 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit betreffend Verdoppelung der Grenzwerte für Quecksilber bei Raubfischen
Austria · National Council · 23 September 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Martina Schenk, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend Papierverbrauch und Altpapierentsorgung in den Ministerien
Austria · National Council · 23 September 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Martina Schenk, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung und Sport betreffend Papierverbrauch und Altpapierentsorgung in den Ministerien