Report Number: 6953
Date: 9/7/2010

Title:
Oil moratorium “crazy logic” (1 of 3)

Of interest to:
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Script details:
Alyn Smith, the SNP MEP, has dismissed calls for a moratorium on North Sea oil drilling as “crazy logic”. The European Energy Commissioner proposed halting exploration until the causes of the Gulf of Mexico disaster become clear. Environmentalists fear there could be a similar incident in the North Sea. But Alyn Smith insists the Scottish oil industry is safe.

Interviewee:
Alyn Smith MEP (Scottish National Party)

Duration:
0 minutes 28 seconds

Out-words:
For the environment