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Preem’s planned expansion into Lysekil is an affair that has been going on for several years. The situation is unique because the government has assumed decision-making power with reference to the fact that expansion would make it more difficult to achieve the Swedish climate targets.
But in June, the Supreme Court of Lands and Environment announced in a statement that Preem should be granted permission to expand the refinery. The court found the Riksdag’s 2017 climate policy framework to be guidelines without legal effect when individual activities are to be tested.
With the issue on the government table, Green Party climate policy spokesperson Lorentz Tovatt now says the party wants to prevent expansion. He believes that the government can consider other aspects when making the decision than the opinion of the court.
Lorentz Tovatt, climate policy spokesperson for the environmental party.
Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT
– The opinion of the court is a basis for the government. But the government is free to make its own assessment. There you can just consider other social interests, especially the weather, Lorentz Tovatt tells Ekot.
Lorentz Tovatt does not want to answer whether the party can remain in a government that approves the 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, Lorentz Tovatt tells Ekot.
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