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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Daniel Boffey in Brussels

EU faces legal challenge over plan to fast-track gas projects

Part of a section of gas pipeline in Poland
Part of a section of gas pipeline in Poland. The IEA and the IPCC have said no new oil and gas extraction projects should be built. Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters

An EU plan to fast-track funding and permits for 30 gas projects is facing a legal challenge from NGOs including ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth Europe.

The European Commission has been asked to review its backing for infrastructure projects such as the EastMed pipeline, a 1,180-mile (1,900km) gas pipeline to connect offshore gas fields in Israel and Cyprus to Italy.

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