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Parliamentary question - P-002369/2021Parliamentary question
P-002369/2021

The EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the risk of lowering environmental standards

Priority question for written answer  P-002369/2021
to the Commission
Rule 138
Manuela Ripa (Verts/ALE)

The EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act lists technologies that fall into the category of sustainable investment. We need to avoid unsustainable actions being enforced, while scaling up corresponding industries. The use of greenfield instead of brownfield sites, deforestation, the dramatic increase in water consumption and intrusive activities with regard to nature and wildlife might be triggered by such investments. Recently, a German report was broadcast, which listed all the aforementioned activities and showed how local authorities are disregarding European environmental law to permit a huge giga-factory to be built in the region[1].

In addition, a legal opinion by an attorney who has won two similar cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union[2] outlines the unambiguous violation of the Water Framework Directive by the local authorities.

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