via Stop Climate Change - the Greens/EFA These recommendations are not enforceable by any law, and so companies can pick and choose which ones to follow, and which ones to completely ignore. Member States will be graded on a scoreboard, making a mockery of potentially devastating consequences of unregulated exploration. Contaminate a villages water supply? Minus 2! Jeopardise agricultural production for years to come? Minus 5! Leading the lobby against binding proposals are the UK Government, with the arrogant assumption that Europe will not repeat the same mistakes as the US, despite starting off by repeating exactly the same mistakes as the US - that of giving all the power to companies to frack away as they wish, at the expense of citizens and the environment. Citizens however are fighting back, and today 248 groups from civil society and anti-fracking groups have sent a letter targeting President Barroso, Commissioners, European Council Members and national Heads of States and ministers, as well as Members of the European Parliament, condemning the recent dropping of shale gas from the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive - another win for the UK.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:29:37 +0000
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