The European Parliament will continue their investigations into the LNG project following a further successful presentation to the petitions committee by campaigners from Pembrokeshire yesterday (Wednesday).

Protesters against the 150 mile long LNG pipeline first appeared before the committee when they lodged a petition last December.

Since then the European Commission has been looking into possible breaches of EU law include directives on public access to information about the environment; conservation of wild flora and fauna; the prevention of major industrial actions and the internal market in gas.

A second petition concerning the safety of the LNG terminals in Pembrokeshire was also presented.

The petitions committee has decided to continue their enquiries into both LNG petitions, much to the delight of Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans who met campaigners in Brussels yesterday.

"I'm obviously very pleased that the petitions committee decided to keep the petitions open and have requested further information to help them establish if there are any breaches of EU law," she said.

"The petitions committee and European Commission take these cases very seriously, and obviously think there may be a case to answer."

"The petitioners deserve a lot of credit for they way they stated their case. They included well-researched, factual evidence and presented it clearly. I'm sure this contributed to the petitions committee's decision to keep the petitions open, and I'd like to congratulate them for doing so.

"Climate change and our natural energy resources are presenting major challenges to us, not only in Wales, but throughout Europe, and these cases only serve to highlight these facts.

"We need to look at sustainable, long-term solutions to these challenges and take into account the views of local communities when we do so."