Brussels, 21/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - Oil companies will not be given drilling licences unless they are able to pay for any environmental damage the drilling may cause. This was demanded by the European Parliament's Environment Committee on Wednesday 19 September when by a wide majority it adopted a report by Justas Paleckis (S&D, Lithuania) (55 to 10, no abstentions) tightening up application of the “polluter pays” principle in the oil company liability scheme laid down in a draft EU...