PLEASE CONTACT YOUR MEP.
WHAT THIS VOTE IS ABOUT & WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO *
This coming Wednesday, September 11, the plenary vote on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) takes place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
The report being voted on contains two really important amendments - 31 and 79 (point e) - that we need a majority of MEPs to support if we are to make it very difficult for the frackers to operate ...in Europe. These amendments call for mandatory Environmental Impact Assessments to be carried out for BOTH the exploration and production phases of ALL unconventional fossil fuel projects.
You can read these two amendments at http://frackingfreeireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Microsoft-Word-Zanoni-report-Post-ENVI-Vote_A7-0277_2013_EN.pdf
Please write to your MEP today requesting they support these amendments and follow up with a phone call if you can. If you would like a template letter to send to your MEP and his/her contact details, please email me at gring@ulb.ac.be.
Remember that a requirement for mandatory EIAs in Austria sent the frackers packing. We can do the same across Europe if these amendments pass.
There has been HUGE lobbying by industry to oppose these amendments, as mandatory EIAs represent additional delay and, as a consequence, additional cost, for the industry.
If we make our voices heard, we can win this! We won Round 1 at the Committee stage in July so let's repeat that victory and beat the frackers!
Please write to your MEP today requesting they support these amendments and follow up with a phone call if you can. If you would like a template letter to send to your MEP and his/her contact details, please email me at gring@ulb.ac.be.
Remember that a requirement for mandatory EIAs in Austria sent the frackers packing. We can do the same across Europe if these amendments pass.
There has been HUGE lobbying by industry to oppose these amendments, as mandatory EIAs represent additional delay and, as a consequence, additional cost, for the industry.
If we make our voices heard, we can win this! We won Round 1 at the Committee stage in July so let's repeat that victory and beat the frackers!
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