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The Green Party says no to Preem’s planned expansion of the Lysekil oil refinery, Swedish radio Ekot reports. – It’s so bad for the climate that it threatens our climate goals, says Lorentz Tovatt, the party’s climate policy spokesperson.
Preem’s refinery in Lysekil. Stock Photography.
In June, the Supreme Court of Lands and Environment approved Preem’s controversial development plans. The matter then passed to the government, which will make a final decision on the issue in the fall.
– The important thing now is that the government somehow stops this expansion, because it is so harmful to the climate that it threatens our climate goals and our joint climate work, says Lorentz Tovatt (MP), spokesperson for climate policy, on the radio.
The development plans have received harsh criticism from the environmental movement, in part due to the fact that carbon dioxide emissions from the refinery would increase by one million tonnes per year and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency recommended in previous statements that a possible permission should be limited in time.
Preem CEO Petter Holland said in connection with the June decision that the company’s ambition is to become climate neutral by 2045, and that it was not just a promise, but a necessity for the company to survive.
Lorentz Tovatt does not want to say now if his party can remain in a government that decides to allow expansion.
– It is not only about the Green Party, but the opposite. Both the Riksdag and the government have said that we must achieve our climate goals, we must have joint climate work to tackle the climate crisis. And that is what is now threatened by this expansion, he tells Ekot.
