Drilling for oil or gas is to be prohibited by law in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park.
A corresponding change in the law of the Wadden Sea Act is to be introduced into the plenary at the beginning of next year, said Lower Saxony's Environment Minister Olaf Lies (SPD) of the German Press Agency on Wednesday in Hanover.
The amendment could then be decided in the coming summer.
Hanover - “With the new law, we will also remove the last doubts.
Then it will be clear once and for all: There will be no more drilling for gas or oil in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park.
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According to the government faction SPD and CDU, a Dutch company intends to produce natural gas in the North Sea off the island of Borkum.
For this purpose, a platform is to be built and operated and a new gas transport line is to be built.
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