By extending the authorisation for lignite extraction at the Turów mine for six years without carrying out an environmental impact assessment, Poland has breached European Union law: this was the ruling of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in an Opinion published on Thursday 3 February (Case C-121/21).
This Opinion follows an appeal made by the Czech Republic on the grounds that the mine’s activities cause environmental damage on its territory (see...