{"id":12947,"date":"2021-02-22T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/czech\/?p=12947"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:30:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:30:52","slug":"czech-republic-to-sue-poland-over-turow-coal-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/czech\/tiskova-zprava\/12947\/czech-republic-to-sue-poland-over-turow-coal-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Republic to sue Poland over Tur\u00f3w coal mine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Local groups and NGOs today welcomed the Czech government\u2019s decision to file a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice against the Polish government for the illegal operation of the Tur\u00f3w lignite coal mine, which has been dug right up to the Czech and German borders, damaging local water supplies for nearby communities. This is the first such legal case for the Czech Republic and the first in EU\u2019s history where one member state sues another for environmental reasons.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n

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Protest against the Tur\u00f3w mine expansion at the borders.
\u00a9 Greenpeace – Petr Zewlakk Vrabec<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Milan Starec, a Czech citizen from Liberec region (Uheln\u00e1 village): \u201cThe decision by our government to file a lawsuit against Poland comes as a relief for us who live next to the mine. In 2020 alone, the groundwater level in the area fell by eight meters, which is double what PGE said would happen by 2044. Our worries have been replaced with fear. It is crucial that our government demands a cessation of illegal mining as PGE still refuses to accept its responsibility, while asking for permission to destroy our water resources and neighborhood for another 23 years.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n

Nikol Krej\u010dov\u00e1 from Greenpeace Czech Republic: „We hope that the violation of European legislation is not possible and that the court will confirm it. We also hope the European justice will support European citizens whose rights have been violated and the environment which has been destroyed. We believe that the profit of coal business is not more important than the rights of the people. And we are pretty sure coal is not more than water for the people and nature.<\/em>„<\/p>\n\n

Kerstin Doerenbruch, Greenpeace Berlin:\u00a0\u201cGermany is also stepping up in the case against Tur\u00f3w, with regional representatives and citizens in Saxony bringing their own complaint before the European Commission in January. We now call on the German government to step up and protect people\u2019s homes and the Nei\u00dfe river by joining the Czech lawsuit against Poland.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Anna Meres, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace Poland: \u201cPoland has acted recklessly and unlawfully by issuing a permit for the further expansion, so it is no surprise that this case has been brought to the European Court of Justice. Poland\u2019s increasingly irrational support for coal expansion is not only harming health, water supplies, and worsening the climate crisis: it\u2019s isolating us from our friends and neighbours, and robbing our workers and communities of better, more sustainable jobs. 78 percent of Poles want to abandon coal by 2030, it\u2019s time to listen to them, to stop burdening border communities, and to plan a better future for all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Zala Primc, Europe Beyond Coal Campaigner: \u201cPeople in surrounding countries are paying the price for Poland\u2019s push to mine coal for decades to come with their health and water security. We call on the European Commission, which is responsible for ensuring that EU laws are implemented, to start an infringement procedure against the Polish government, and to become a party to the Tur\u00f3w case in front of the EU Court of Justice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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