“Dankzij groene minister zal de CO2-uitstoot alleen maar toenemen”
![](/sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w28/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=uZrPXINq 28w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w33/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=ajYI69mc 33w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w39/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=2Kb901eA 39w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w47/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=VHhHCwgm 47w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w56/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=dsX2Cgnt 56w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w66/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=U0GSxosG 66w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w67/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=ZAfcgiWy 67w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w78/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=nlK8dRpI 78w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w79/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=fJjaQ3J3 79w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w94/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=aLsUx0gf 94w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w111/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=YAr1KUV2 111w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w112/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=9FOX5Vz1 112w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w131/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=4qCb7gIK 131w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w134/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=hWQulFSe 134w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w155/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=-PhDnIBf 155w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w158/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=GnzJNo23 158w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w183/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=8-HNWyGp 183w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w188/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=HQWvPPy- 188w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w216/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=-v7fGoWp 216w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w222/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=ijUZ0Fx8 222w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w255/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=i0H3dY_1 255w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w262/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=UXkw4_Y7 262w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w300/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=V7AANbr- 300w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w310/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=lJx5U2wE 310w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w353/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=QUGJHXp_ 353w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w366/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=7qwOIj4c 366w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w416/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=Q3DlqmTm 416w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w432/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=TuBz0J-d 432w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w490/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=eF9YXI2k 490w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w510/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=CRYnDN3R 510w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w577/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=KGyqxWXo 577w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w600/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=sxcFg0Ot 600w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w679/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=hZ6met-p 679w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w706/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=_HGTpolP 706w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w799/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=9a1mHCI5 799w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w832/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=5X3bjUtm 832w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w941/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=S-hiOS35 941w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w980/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=KN3xyMVY 980w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w1108/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=vutgAvgY 1108w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w1154/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=61u6uru2 1154w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w1304/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=N53TbDGn 1304w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w1358/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=F1MkRczK 1358w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w1535/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=N2htMBTT 1535w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w1598/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=DKNrXgqv 1598w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w1806/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=WFpdOHC0 1806w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w1882/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=PS-f8Kmk 1882w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w2125/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=LENdyK6T 2125w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w2216/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=8E0UXbPl 2216w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w2500/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=xW6rykag 2500w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w2608/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=mRnICZCX 2608w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w3070/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=UIwNn8Lg 3070w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w3612/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=FKTKtq2x 3612w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w4250/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=ktMtAsUh 4250w, /sites/default/files/styles/snov_news_header_novs_w5000/public/2022-08/iStock-578801778-e1605263471153.jpg?h=04db4572&itok=iANNDc_l 5000w)
Voor het Vlaams Belang slaat minister van Energie Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen) de bal volledig mis door op obsessieve wijze het koolstofneutrale kernenergie te bannen. “De CO2-uitstoot van de energievoorziening zal er enkel door toenemen”, zegt Kamerlid Reccino Van Lommel (Vlaams Belang).
Om stroomtekorten te voorkomen besliste de regering-Michel destijds dat de kerncentrales Doel 1 en 2 mochten openblijven tot 2025. De 20 miljoen euro taks die in ruil betaald werden, gingen naar een transitiefonds. “Dit fonds investeerde in onderzoek naar een groene toekomst, bijvoorbeeld naar methodes om het Belgische kernafval veilig te verwerken”, aldus Van Lommel. “Maar de groene minister ziet het louter als een terugvloeien van geld naar de nucleaire sector.”
Van Lommel: “Van der Straeten speelt een gevaarlijk spel door alles wat nog maar nucleair ruikt tegen te werken of te bannen”
Minister Van der Straeten wil naar eigen zeggen voorrang verlenen aan projecten voor duurzame energie. “Dit betekent de facto het dichtdraaien van de geldkraan voor nucleaire projecten”, vervolgt Van Lommel. “Voor ons mag het ene het andere niet uitsluiten.” Het Vlaams Belang wil dan ook dat er met de onderzoeksinstituten bekeken wordt hoe zij hun belangrijke taak kunnen verderzetten om alle opgebouwde kennis en expertise te behouden.
“Van der Straeten doet er alles aan om uitbater Engie Electrabel weg te pesten”, besluit Van Lommel. “Maar een verzuring van de relatie zou haar zelf wel eens zuur kunnen opbreken. De hele ontmanteling van de kerncentrales komt er ook nog aan en het is van maatschappelijk belang dat dit in een goede verstandhouding gebeurt.” Voor het Vlaams Belang is het duidelijk dat de energieminister nu vooral doet wat ze niet moet doen, want België zal het eerste Europese land zijn waar de CO2-uitstoot van de energievoorziening zal toenemen in de komende jaren.