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"en.20121121.20.3-176-000"2
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"Madam President, I voted against this report. It is largely supportive of fracking and sees fracking as a core element of the European energy mix. The report does not consider the precautionary principle and is way too optimistic in regard to fracking. Just yesterday in this Chamber, the Commissioner for the Environment himself spoke about the risks from fracking and said that they were higher than those from conventional gas exploration. He also said that there are significant gaps in EU legislation in regard to fracking.
In my view these gaps include the need for a mining directive, the necessity to expand the remit of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive and gaps in the Water Framework Directive. In my own constituency there are very serious concerns in regard to fracking and its consequences for animal and human health, the destruction of the landscape and damage to our clean, green image.
Finally, we are facing a fossil fuel cliff globally. Shale gas may have postponed the awful day, but our energy mix in the future will not be fossil fuel based. We need to direct our energies and our resources to sustainable renewable energy sources."@en1
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