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The state of Upper Austria and ADX confirmed a corresponding announcement from the environmental umbrella organization on Wednesday. This is now examining a complaint with the State Administrative Court.
“The nature conservation authority has examined the applicant’s submissions and has come to the conclusion that the legal requirements for a positive decision are met,” said the office of nature conservation officer LHStv. Manfred Haimbuchner (FPÖ) in response to an APA request. ADX confirmed that all necessary permits have been granted. According to the company, any complaints against the 150-page decision would have no suspensive effect.
- more on the subject: Demonstrators in Molln appealed to the state government: “Stop this activity”
ADX Vie GmbH – a subsidiary of the Australian-listed exploration company ADX Energy – wants to start gas test drilling in Molln (Kirchdorf district) this winter. Until now, there was no nature conservation permit for this. The test drilling had already been approved under mining law. “Preparations are already underway,” an ADX spokesman told the APA on Wednesday. The preparation of the drilling site will take around six weeks, as will the actual drilling. Tests to be carried out afterwards would again take a few weeks. Only then will we know whether or how much gas was found.
Conservationists fear up to 25 drilling sites
If gas is found, conservationists fear up to 25 drilling sites in the area around the Kalkalpen National Park. ADX denied this and spoke of five to six drilling sites, which – just like a pipeline that would then be necessary – would first have to be applied for and approved.
Environmental umbrella organization President Franz Maier appealed to the state government to stop the “speculative, backward-looking fossil project”. “Any government that continues to invest in the expansion of fossil fuels is overexploiting nature, putting Austria’s climate goals and subsequently our livelihoods at risk,” it said in a press release. Conservationists had argued, among other things, with interventions in the landscape and six protected species of bats, as well as the fact that the nature conservation authority’s official report was negative in some points.
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