Oil producers urge MEPs to change EIA directive

摘要

The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) has called on MEPs to react against the "undesirable consequences from new European Union environmental impact assessment legislation." In a 2 September press release, OGP urges MEPs to vote for changes in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) Directive, which is currently being revised. "In its current version, the legislation risks halting new projects because of the requirement to undertake long, complex and costly environmental studies at an unnecessarily early stage, before a full understanding of the opportunity (including its scale) has been gained," said Roland Festor, OGP's EU Affairs Director.