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BUND-led EU petition to ban Baltic drilling

Overview

In early August 2026, the German environmental group BUND and its partners launched a campaign to stop offshore oil and gas extraction in the Baltic Sea. They collected roughly 88,000 signatures and prepared a petition for the European Commission, aiming for a September submission.

The drive was triggered by exploratory drilling by the Canadian‑owned Central European Petroleum (CEP) near Świnoujście, which uncovered a large Wolin East deposit estimated at about 22 million tonnes of crude and 5 billion m³ of natural gas. German NGOs, together with other environmental groups, formed a coalition to block the project, warning that extraction could damage protected marine areas, generate noise, cause pollution, and risk oil spills. Extraction has not yet begun, pending permits and regulatory approval.

Entities

European Commission · Central European Petroleum (CEP) · Krzysztof Galos · Usedom Island · Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland

Timeline

  1. 7 days ago

    [BUSINESS] 4 sources
    Poland's Wolin East oil and gas deposit faces German environmental protest

    Poland's Wolin East offshore oil‑gas field, discovered by Canadian CEP, faces a German environmental coalition's 88 k‑signature petition to the EU to halt extraction over marine‑protection concerns.

  2. 10 days ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    BUND and partners petition EU to ban oil and gas extraction in the Baltic Sea

    BUND and partners have collected 88,000 signatures to petition the EU for a ban on oil and gas extraction in the Baltic Sea after exploratory drilling near Poland’s Usedom island.

Sources

gornictwo.wnp.pl · it-boltwise.de · moin.de · report24.news · rmf24.pl · wnp.pl · wykop.pl