Estonia would also stay on course to adopt more green energy and continue to accept refugees from Ukraine. To achieve this, party pledged to stop honouring European carbon permits, which make oil shale power costly. "That's why we are working on trying to attract more investments to Ida-Virumaa so that they can have different jobs there, not just oil shale industry," she said. "The future seems very cloudy for local people, because they don't hear [from the government] what will replace the oil shale industry", Berseneva said. "If it's closed down, people will go away," she added, as a chemical odour from a nearby oil shale processing plant hung in the air.

Source: Irish Independent March 05, 2023 05:00 UTC