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A petition titled Suspension of the oil plant construction permit was debated at a sitting of the Riigikogu economic affairs committee for almost two and a half hours on Tuesday - to the surprise of all present, Finance Minister Martin Helme (EKRE) taking part in the sitting called the initiators of the petition dunderheads and, at one point in his remarks, threatened with leaving the European Union, daily newspaper Postimees reports. The petitioners want clean water, clean air and clean land to be provided to all Estonians, therefore they expect solutions from the state that would support and develop, ensure a livable environment for future generations and achieve carbon neutrality as a state. This means that our collective greenhouse gas production would not exceed the carbon capture that is mainly carried out by our forests and bogs, they argued. ....