Greenpeace achieved a definitive suspension against the Sener’s energy policy that stops renewable energy
Greenpeace achieved a definitive suspension against the Sener’s energy policy that stops renewable energy The environmental organization and Cemda used the facilities of the CFE’s Tula Thermoelectric Power Plant in their protection to show the contamination produced by generating electricity based on fuel oil
The environmental organization Greenpeace and the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (Cemda) achieved a definitive suspension on Wednesday against the agreement and policy on electricity generation published in May by the Ministry of Energy (Sener), in which they block renewable energy , such as the operation of wind and solar plants.
According to information from the Federal Judicial Council (CJF), Judge Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro, of the Second District Court in Administrative Matters, considered that these agreements should be stopped for the time being, due to the harmful effects they may have on the health of society and the impact on the environment.
“In order not to create a regulatory gap during the validity of this precautionary measure, it is specified that the authorities responsible and linked to compliance with this determination must apply the provisions that were in force prior to the issuance of the acts claimed,” says the agreement.
And it is that in their request for protection, Greenpeace and Cemda argued that these measures of the Federal Government in the electricity sector attempt against the defense of the rights to a healthy environment, the right to health and participation in environmental matters, since they stop critical tests for solar and wind plants to come into operation and prioritizes plants and new projects of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).
Greenpeace Mexico used the facilities of the Tula Thermoelectric Power Plant, Hidalgo, to show the pollution that occurs when generating electricity based on fuel oil, which prevents enjoying the sky, the sun and pure air as indicated in point six of ” Decalogue to get out of the coronavirus and face the new reality ”, presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
This thermoelectric plant uses 80% fuel oil, which is a residue from oil refining, with more than 4% sulfur. This can also cause acid rain with effects on agriculture and an estimated impact of 14,000 premature deaths per year in Tula and in the Valley of Mexico zone.
Even on July 17, 2019, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) declared an environmental emergency in Tula, due to the fact that air and water pollution has made this place practically uninhabitable. This situation is further exacerbated by this government policy of burning fuel oil to produce energy in the area.