Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-13-Speech-2-316"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Emissions of pollutants from large combustion plants2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010313.17.2-316"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-13-Speech-2-3172
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander de Roo2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Oomen-Ruijten’s report is sound. The report on large combustion plants, take two, is also an important report. It concerns acidification, traditional air pollution and ozone smog. Acidification was a buzz word in the 80s. That is when it all started. Many citizens believe that the problem of acidification has now been resolved, but that is not the case. We have a long way to go yet. At the same time, the energy market has been liberalised. That means that it is becoming more difficult to uphold environmental rules. For example, in my own country, the Netherlands, a Belgian company is buying up Dutch gas plants and is replacing them with coal plants, which are many times more polluting and also bad in terms of CO2-emission. That is why we need environmental rules, and strict ones at that. The Environmental Committee has fortunately supported these, but the Environmental Committee’s amendments will, unfortunately, not make it: they are unlikely to attract 314 votes. But the Green Group would like to know who will then be responsible for this. The Green Group will be supporting the Christian-Democratic amendments, albeit with an aching heart. These are weaker because they leave ammonia out of the equation for no good reason. That is an unnecessary concession to the farmers who constitute their grassroots support. Despite this, we will be supporting those amendments, for the Greens, too, have now grown up."@en1

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