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In June, the Supreme Court of Lands and Environment approved Preem’s controversial development plans.
The matter then went to the government, which will make the final decision on the matter.
– 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.
Plans barely criticized
The expansion plans have been harshly criticized by the environmental movement, in part because the refinery’s carbon dioxide emissions would increase by one million tons per year.
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has recommended in previous statements that a potential permit should have a time limit.
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.
I can’t say if MP leaves the government
Lorentz Tovatt does not want to say now if his party can remain in a government that decides to allow expansion.
– This is not just a question of the Green Party, but quite the opposite, he says and continues:
– Both the Riksdag and the government have said that we must achieve our climate goals, we must have joint climate work to face the climate crisis. And that is what is now threatened by this expansion, he tells Ekot.
“It does not violate the Paris Agreement.”
