At the origin of the appeal filed this summer against the authorization of new forages oil tankers Nonville, Water of Paris announced the arrival of reinforcements in the legal battle. With Paris, the municipalities of Nonville, Genevraye, Villemer, Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne et Lorrez-Le-Bocage-Préaux have filed with the tribunal administrative Melun a voluntary intervention requesting the cancellation of the prefectural decree of January 30 authorizing the launch of the project.
Opponents of Bridge Energiesthe company operating the deposit, have also seen associations join them. Friends of the Earth France, Notre Affaire à Tous, France Nature Environnement Île-de-France, France Nature Environnement Seine-et-Marne, the Climate Action Network and Reclaim Finance have also submitted a voluntary intervention.
The ball in the court of the Melun Court
“I salute the very broad mobilization of citizens, local elected officials and now the most important French environmental protection NGOs who are mobilizing alongside us to protect the drinking water of Parisians from this potential ecological disaster.”, commented Dan Lert, the president of Eau de Paris.
For the public management of the capital's town hall, the new drilling project weighs “a serious threat to water resources. Significant risks of hydrocarbon pollution have been demonstrated in the Villeron and Villemer water supply areas, managed by Eau de Paris, as well as in the surrounding biodiversity..”
This is not at all the opinion of Bridge Energies. Its president, Philippe Pontdefended himself in these columns by recognizing that he understood the protest. On October 15, Eau de Paris filed a reply to the Melun Court. The latter must rule current 2025perhaps during the first semester.
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