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301 records in 2008
Austria · National Council · 10 December 2008
Antrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Norbert Hofer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die Erzeugung von Diesel aus Müll
Austria · National Council · 10 December 2008
Antrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Norbert Hofer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend "Project Better Place" <i>(Errichtung eines Netzes an Elektrotankstellen und</i> <i>Serviceeinrichtungen für Elektroautos)</i>
Austria · National Council · 10 December 2008
Antrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Norbert Hofer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend CO2-Sequestrierung <i>("Endlagerung" des Kohlendioxids aus dem Rauchgas, das bei</i> <i>der Verbrennung in Kraftwerken entsteht)</i>
Austria · National Council · 10 December 2008
Antrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Norbert Hofer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Pilotprojekt für Energieautonomie
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
195 Deputy Frank Fahey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details of office accommodation rented or leased in Galway city by his Department or any agency or non-governmental organisation under the auspices of his Department or funded by his Department including square area and the amount of rent paid in 2007. [45525/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
194 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the effect the reduced funding available in budget 2009 will have on certain projects, including housing, and their altered time lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45475/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
193 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy relating to the use of local authority vehicles by employees of those authorities outside of working hours; the cost to the authorities in these instances including fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45473/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
192 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an EU decision regarding local need clauses imposed by several local authorities in the planning process; the impact that this decision will have on local authorities; if he has instructed local authorities to take cognisance of the ruling in making decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45467/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
191 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that the European Central Bank rate cut of 0.75% is passed on in full to local authority mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45460/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
190 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the success of local authorities in achieving targets set by the Traveller accommodation strategies in their localities. [45423/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
189 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet with local representatives to agree to ringfence funding for areas (details supplied); and if he will agree to fund these projects on the same scale as Moyross in Limerick. [45418/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
188 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department cancelled its scheduled meeting with representatives from a building (details supplied) in Dublin 1; when the meeting will be re-arranged; and if his Department will contact local representatives to advise when the meeting will take place. [45417/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
187 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Private Residential Tenancies Board provides the Revenue Commissioners with details of all landlords registered with it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45392/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
186 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation governing the use of metal and bag skips which are proliferating in residential areas and which are causing a public nuisance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45481/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008
185 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the budget for the Health Service Executive in the mid west for the housing aid for the elderly scheme in 2009. [45477/08]
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2008
Livestock Emissions Tax Ban Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from imposing a fee or tax under such Act on any direct gaseous emissions by livestock.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2008
Expresses opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal entitled "Prevention of Significant Deterioration New Source Review: Refinement of Increment Modeling Procedures" and urges that the rule be withdrawn. Finds that EPA has proposed multiple changes to the PSD program that would conflict with Congress's statutory scheme to preserve, protect, and enhance air quality in national parks, wilderness areas, monuments, and seashores, and in other areas of special natural, recreational, scenic, or historic value.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2008
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for the Department of the Treasury. Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for the Executive Office of the President. Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts and related offices. District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for the District of Columbia. Makes appropriations for FY2009 for independent agencies, including: (1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); (2) the Election Assistance Commission; (3) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); (4) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), for its Office of Inspector General; (5) the Federal Election Commission (FEC); (6) the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); (7) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (8) the General Services Administration (GSA); (9) the Merit Systems Protection Board; (10) Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation; (11) the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund; (12) the National Archives and Records Administration; (13) the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA); (14) the Office of Government Ethics; (15) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); (16) the Office of Special Counsel; (17) the Postal Regulatory Commission; (18) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; (19) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (20) the Selective Service System; (21) the Small Business Administration (SBA); (22) the U.S. Postal Service; and (23) the U.S. Tax Court. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2008
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2009. Appropriates funds to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration. Makes appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; and (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, including for water and related natural resources, the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, and the California Bay-Delta Restoration. Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for energy programs, including for: (1) energy efficiency and renewable energy; (2) electricity delivery and energy reliability; (3) nuclear energy and nuclear waste disposal; (4) fossil energy research and development; (5) Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; (6) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; (7) the Energy Information Administration; (8) non-defense environment cleanup; (9) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; ; (10) expenses of science activities in carrying out the Department of Energy Organization Act; (11) nuclear waste disposal; (12) the innovative technology loan guarantee loan program; (13) the Office of the Inspector General; (14) specified atomic energy defense activities, including defense nuclear nonproliferation, naval reactors, environmental cleanup, and nuclear waste disposal activities; and (15) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Approves specified expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund. Appropriates funds for operation and maintenance of: (1) the Southeastern Power Administration; (2) the Southwestern Power Administration; (3) the Western Area Power Administration; (4) the Falcon and Amistad Dams. Makes appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delta Regional Authority; (4) the Denali Commission; (5) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including its Office of Inspector General; (6) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (7) the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects.
European Union · European Commission · 10 December 2008
European Union · European Commission · 10 December 2008
Austria · Federal Council · 9 December 2008
Anfrage der Bundesräte Elisabeth Kerschbaum, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Modernisierungskonzept für die Behandlung und Zwischenlagerung von in Österreich anfallenden radioaktiven Abfällen in Seibersdorf
Austria · National Council · 9 December 2008
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Aluminiumkapseln für "Nespresso"-Kaffee und ihre Entsorgung
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
371 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Government views on the use of funds derived from the auctioning of emission permits within the EU, as part of the EU emissions trading scheme to be spent supporting developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45434/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
369 Deputy Áine Brady asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has issued guidelines, will issue guidelines or will offer a view to a local authority in connection with the local criteria planning requirement for a one off rural house, where an applicant lives adjacent to a county boundary and is seeking planning permission on a site which complies with the council’s required distance but where the applicant lives just outside the county boundary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45292/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
368 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a special school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be excused from its water charges in view of the fact that the school’s resources are not sufficient to meet this cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45264/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
367 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the provision of a sewerage scheme to service the village of Cloghane, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45255/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
366 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the decision of Dublin City Council to proceed with a revised plan for an estate (details supplied) in Dublin; if he will commit to ensuring that the moneys required to build the social housing aspect of the regeneration programme will be forthcoming from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45134/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
365 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will encourage his Ministerial counterpart at Stormont to commit to jointly funding the North/South Confederation of Councillors in view of the fact that the NSCC was forced to let go two staff in summer 2008 due to a lack of funding from the Northern Ireland Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45130/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
364 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person who has the responsibility for the maintenance of a small works group sewerage scheme subsequent to upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45104/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
363 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason that a section of his Department will not meet with or discuss an important item with a group (details supplied) that is necessary for the group to complete its submission; if there is a mechanism available to the group to obtain such a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45077/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
362 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons employed in each of the Ministers of State private offices and their constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries in regard to each such office; if he will provide the information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45062/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
361 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding Clarinbridge sewerage scheme in view of the fact that the brief has been sent to his Department by Galway County Council; the timeframe for a decision on this matter in order that contract documents can be prepared by Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45051/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
360 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [45040/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
359 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the provision of 10,000 new social housing units each year for the next three years is necessary to clear the backlog in local authority housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45029/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
358 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [44941/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
357 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a decision on an application for funding from a council (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44861/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
356 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support proposals (details supplied). [44840/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
355 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department and all agencies under his remit are in compliance with the Department of Finance guidelines on foreign travel; and the mechanisms in place in each to ensure ongoing compliance with these guidelines. [44820/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
354 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an emerging wild snake population here; if there are plans to curb or regulate the sale of snakes here; the regulations in place for importing or selling snakes; his views on a total ban on snake sales and importing snakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44736/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
353 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 922 of 10 July 2008, the status of the approval process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44727/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
352 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1449 of 24 September 2008, the discussions since that date with the local authority and landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44726/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
351 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce grants for the insulation of houses for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44701/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2008
125 Deputy Damien English asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether the business environment here is hindered from the current structure of attachment orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45388/08]
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 9 December 2008
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 9 December 2008
Wijziging van het Besluit externe veiligheid inrichtingen tot wegneming van enkele onvolkomenheden
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 9 December 2008
Ontwerp-Besluit emissie-eisen middelgrote stookinstallaties milieubeheer
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2008
Declares it to be the policy of the United States to develop an informed dialogue with China and India on the sustainable use of energy and the protection of the environment, the promotion of best practices for clean energy and technology investments, and the development and transfer of energy and environmental technologies. Establishes a Congressional-Executive Commission on Clean Energy Trade Between Key Consuming Nations to coordinate energy and environmental issues relating to the United States, China, and India and to establish a dialogue among such nations on the development and promotion of clean energy production, clean air and water, clean and efficient transportation, and the conservation and management of forests and wetlands and their ecosystems.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 5 December 2008
Uitvoeringskader Nota Natuur- en Milieu-Educatie
Austria · National Council · 4 December 2008
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Gesundheit, Familie und Jugend betreffend weitere Maßnahmen zur GVO <i>(gentechnisch veränderten Organismen)</i> -Risikoforschung in Österreich <i>(aufgrund einer Studie über gentechnisch veränderten Mais</i> <i>als Futtermittel und mögliche Gesundheitsgefährdung für</i> <i>Mensch und Tier)</i>