After a series of rushed expropriations for Kolin Fossil Fuel Plant which is planned to be built Yırca village of Soma, a stay of execution for Environmental Impact Assessment (ÇED) is in order.
At the lawsuit filed by Greenpeace and local villagers, Administrative Court of Manisa removed its motion for the plant’s positive ÇED on November 20 until a statement from Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning is received.
In the motion, the reason for ÇED’s stay of execution is stated as “the possibility of the environmental damage caused by plant’s construction and the occurrence of irreversible damage, the agenda being busy with the removal of olive trees.”
ÇED was not declared
The positive ÇED motion for the plant of Kolin Company is never declared anywhere until today, but as a result of Greenpeace’s application to Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning for obtaining information, information regarding ÇED report is given.
How will The Ministry of Environment take responsibility?
Deniz Bayram, the lawyer of Greenpeace and local villagers, spoke:
“We ask the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning; how is it possible to take responsibility for thousands of olive trees as a result of this illegitimate ÇED Motion?”
“As in many projects in Turkey, this ÇED motion is made by ignoring the damage of fossil fuel plant to the environment and human health. This project that is full of lawlessness and environmental risks should be cancelled ve Turkey should abandon coal-based policy.”
“We will keep track of all necessary administrative ve penal processes regarding people who signed under illegitimate processes and people who have not taken precautions despite our applications.” (NV/BAR/BM)
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