PLENARY OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / (ae) environment

Not all plain sailing for shale gas under IEA directive

Brussels, 08/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - Should the European Commission unveil legislation to make an environmental impact assessment compulsory for shale gas in the EU? The answer will be given on Wednesday, when the European Parliament votes in plenary on a revised reactive on the environmental impact assessment of public and private projects that affect the environment (Directive 85/337/EEC, the EIA directive). Vote on the EIA, scheduled for 11 September, was postponed until Wednesday...