Lignite mine operator's precautions for rehabilitation "adequate" – report
State government of Brandenburg / Greenpeace
State government of Brandenburg / Greenpeace
An expert report shows that eastern German energy company LEAG takes adequate financial precautions for the rehabilitation of land in the lignite mining region Lusatia, writes the state government of Brandenburg in a press release. LEAG is owned by the company EPH and . Swedish Vattenfall had sold its eastern German lignite operations to EPH in 2016.
According to environmental NGO Greenpeace Germany, Vattenfall could also be held liable for the costs.
Find the state’s press release in German , the expert report in German and the Greenpeace press release in German .
Find background in the 91tv factsheet Germany’s three lignite mining regions.
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