Big day for Wales in Brussels

Protestors against the LNG pipeline and the Hafod Landfill projects in Wales spoke to the European Parliament Petitions Committee, 2 April 2008. They were supported by Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans and Plaid Cymru AM Bethan Jenkins.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Parliament: Parliament and you: Petitions http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?id=49

European Parliament: Activities: Committees: Petitions (PETI) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/homeCom.do?language=EN&body=PETI

European Parliament: Activities: Committees: Petitions: Meeting documents: Petition 0354/2006 by Mr. Rodney Maile (British), on alleged pollution along side the Cleddau Estuary as a result of the activity of the two companies Exxon and Qater http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/cm/667/667755/667755en.pdf

European Parliament: Activities: Committees: Petitions: Meeting documents: Petition N° 1194/2007 by Ms. Elizabieta Whomsley (British), in oppositin against the planned route of a 115-mile liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline in Wales http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/dv/699/699296/699296en.pdf

European Parliament: Activities: Committees: Petitions: Meeting documents: Petition N° 249/2007 by Pauline Smout (British), on breaches of EC legislation in connection with the granting of a landfill permit at Hafod Quarry, Wrexham (Wales, UK) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/cm/691/691414/691414en.pdf

Website: Fight the Pipe http://www.fightthepipe.co.uk/

Website: National Grid (UK) http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/

Website: Environment Agency Wales http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/default.aspx?

Plaid Cymru: Press Release, 21.3.08: Hafod petitioners go to Brussels http://www.plaidcymru.org/content.php?nID=14;ID=490;lID=1

BBC News, 15.11.06: Minister rejects quarry tip ban http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6149924.stm

Plaid Cymru: Press Release, 8.12.08: Hopes for progress on Hafod landfill petition http://www.plaidcymru.org/content.php?nID=14;ID=988;lID=1

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