Strasbourg, 13/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Given the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform which, in April 2010, caused an oil slick without precedent in the Gulf of Mexico, the European Parliament would like to make permits for operating new oil or gas fields in the EU's territorial waters subject to the presentation by operators of emergency plans, and that operators should have sufficient financial means to repair any damage caused to the environment.
The Parliament adopted a...