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dcterms:Date	"2012-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities - Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20121120.31.2-484-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-11-20-Speech-2-485-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Marisa Matias2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2012-01-23--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Bloco de Esquerda (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2012-05-10--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it is true, and has already been mentioned many times here, that there are many things we do not know about the extraction of shale gas. However, there are also many that we do know, and we should not forget them. We know, for example, that each operation to extract shale gas uses more than 19 million litres of drinking water, which would provide for the needs of 1 000 European citizens for a year. We also know that each extraction of shale gas involves pumping 300 tonnes into the ground, that is up to 300 tonnes of chemicals, about 80 % of which remain in the soil and do not come out. We also know that each extraction of shale gas involves the release of radioactive elements and heavy metals into the subsoil which, together with the evaporation of toxic waste resulting from the process, is a real threat to public health. This presents a danger of contamination of drinking water resources and that is a real and imminent threat. Knowing this, we also realise that shale gas extraction is an apparently easy answer, when only thinking short term about industry and profit, ignoring people, the future and the environment. However, represented in this House is also the Europe that knows that water is an essential, vital and important resource, that knows how to protect the health of its citizens and that it must protect this, and that seeks to reach agreements to avoid emissions and to propose energy efficiency, because we know that environmental standards are important – both environmental and health standards. So when you do not know everything, at the very least you have to be cautious. You may very well want to do this, but do not do it in our name or in the name of the citizens that we are here to represent."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take two blue-card questions under Rule 149(8))."1
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