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Activities of Zbigniew ZIOBRO related to 2011/2308(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities - Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2308(INI)

Amendments (5)

Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – b (new)
-1b. Notes that, according to the scientific data available, Europe has rich deposits of shale gas, in particular in Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and that these reserves may be extracted cost-efficiently to the benefit of the economies of the Member States, while complying with environmental protection rules;
2012/06/05
Committee: JURI
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – c (new)
-1c. Notes that the extraction of shale gas in the United States has increased that country’s energy independence, significantly reduced energy costs and contributed to economic growth and the creation of thousands of new jobs; expresses its conviction that the Member States of the European Union would enjoy similar benefits if large-scale shale gas extraction were to be undertaken;
2012/06/05
Committee: JURI
Amendment 9 #
5. Calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals to ensure that the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive adequately cover the specificities of shale gas exploration and extraction, to include hydraulic fracturing in Annex III to the Environmental Liability Directive, to require compulsory financial security or insurance to cover environmental damage, and to have shale gas extraction included under the Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU) and made subject to the requirements regarding Best Available Techniques, in addition to the waste water treatment requirements under the Mining Waste Directive;deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: JURI
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to issue guidance, without delay, on the establishment of both the baseline water monitoring data necessary for an environmental impact assessment of shale gas exploration and extraction and the criteria to be used for assessing the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on groundwater reservoirs in different geological formations, including potential leakage and cumulative impacts;deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: JURI
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Concurs with the Commission analysis that Article 11(3)(j) of the Water Framework Directive does not allow the injection of flow-back water into geological formations for disposal;deleted
2012/06/05
Committee: JURI