2 Amendments of Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO related to 2014/2156(INI)
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets in particular the role played by the EIB and the Commission in the Castor project, which is funded in the framework of PBI, involving a risk assessment which did not take account of the risk of increased seismic activity associated with the injection of gas, despite the existence of studies clearly warning of the potential dangers8 ; urges the Commission and the EIB to take action in order to avoid Spain having to pay EUR 1 300 million in compensation over a disastrously assessed project; __________________ 8 See: Observatori de l’Ebre (CSIC, URLL). Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (SGEA/SHG; ref.; GAD/13/05) - ‘Almacenamiento subterráneo de gas natural Amposta (Permiso Castor) Tarragona); IAM 2109-07 - Estudio elaborado por la Dirección General de Política Ambiental y Sostenibilidad del Departamento de Medio Ambienta y Vivienda de la Generalitat de Catalunya sobre el estudio de impacto ambiental del Proyecto de almacén subterráneo de gas natural Castor’; and Simone Cesca, Francesco Grigoli, Sebastian Heimann, Álvaro González, Elisa Buforn, Samira Maghsoudi, Estefania Blanch y Torsten Dahm (2014): ‘The 2013 September– October seismic sequence offshore Spain: a case of seismicity triggered by gas injection?’, Geophysical Journal International, 198, 941–953.
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses, moreover, its interest in the full implementation of the investment programmes the EIB intends to devote to the development of depressed geographical areas such as some parts of southern Italy, with reference to the instrument for urban development for the EU programming period 2014-2020 known as ‘JESSICA’ (an initiative of the Commission developed in collaboration with international financial institutions, including the EIB); in Italy, in particular, such investments are geared to the urban regeneration and energy efficiency of Sicily, Campania and Sardinia;