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Friends of the Earth Europe slams wasted opportunity to cut nuclear research budget
Strasbourg, June 15 - Following the European Parliament vote today on the
7th Research Framework Programmer (FP7), Friends of the Earth Europe
has slammed the result as a missed chance to reduce funding for nuclear
research.
Silva Herrmann, nuclear campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe said,
"Friends of the Earth Europe is disappointed that the European Parliament
did not use this vote to call for the reduction of the nuclear research
budget. The Parliament has consequently approved giving nuclear research
more funding than all other energy technologies combined, despite the well
documented dangers of nuclear power."
"Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes the Parliament's call for two thirds
of the funding for non-nuclear energy to go into renewables and energy
efficiency. However, it is unacceptable that even with this commitment,
nuclear energy research would receive two and a half times the amount of
funding that renewables and energy efficiency will receive," Hermann added.
Contacts:
Silva Hermann, Friends of the Earth Europe nuclear campaigner: +43 699 142
00017
Rosemary Hall. Friends of the Earth Europe Communications Officer: +32 25 42
61 05; Mobile: +32 485 930515, email: rosemary.hall@foeeurope.org
Friends of the Earth Europe campaigns for sustainable and fair societies and for the protection of the environment,
unites more than 30 national organisations with thousands of local groups
and is part of the world's largest grassroots environmental network, Friends of the Earth International.
