Friends of the Earth, Ecoologists in Action, Greenpeace, SEO/Birdlife and WWF applauded MEPs who chose the “right path” and refused to involve MEPs. gas and nuclear as green energies within the European taxonomy.
Thus, NGOs celebrate the outcome of the vote this Tuesday in the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, rejecting the European Commission’s proposal. 76 votes against, 62 in favour, and 4 abstentions.
Thus, the European Parliament takes the first step to reject the taxonomy proposal that sees gas and nuclear as sustainable economic activities. The European Parliament has the final say in the general assembly voting to be held on 4-7 July.
In a joint statement, five NGOs called the vote “important” because they opposed the possibility of giving natural gas and nuclear a “green” label. “terrible” environmental effects.
“We applaud the MPs in the committees (ECON and ENVI) for choosing the right path to preserve the credibility of the EU taxonomy! Fossil fuels and nuclear waste there is nothing sustainable about them and many investors and banks don’t want to be labeled “green”They have an apostille certified.
However, they now hope that the plenary of the European Parliament will follow the stance of these commissions and reject a proposal that, in their view, is “a major and costly climate mistake: channeling billions into dirty projects rather than funding”. energy transition. We need renewables.”
Thus, they confirm that there is a possibility to label fossil gas and nuclear energy green in taxonomy. “billions of euros” could fall from investment in renewable energies.
They also think that with the war in Ukraine and the crisis in energy prices, this possibility will become “even more unproductive”. In this context, they believe the war in Ukraine shows that the EU “cannot be fully independent unless it controls its own energy” and shows that imported gas is addictive, while renewable energy is the key to domestic energy and independence.
“Tagging gas as a sustainable investment will lead to Europe using more gas.This means less energy security and higher bills for citizens,” they warn.
Therefore, they consider the final vote in the European Parliament scheduled for the first days of July to be “important” and ask the plenary to once again veto the devolved taxonomy law, because otherwise it would become a “greenwashing law of nuclear energy”. and gas.
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