Позначка: fracking
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Resolution of Euro-Maghreb frack-free network
Euro-Maghreb frack-free network Calling for a ban on all unconventional hydrocarbons and extractivism United to denounce, in Europe and the Maghreb, the development of extreme fossil energy, dangerous for climate, environment and public health, and anti-democratic We, representatives of grassroots groups and associations from 211 European and North African countries, nations and communities, met in…
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Is the Oil and Gas Industry Using the Crisis in Ukraine to Increase Profits?
New York Times has a front-page story reporting on a major push in the Obama administration and by Speaker Boehner to increase exports of fracked gas in response to the crisis in the Ukraine. While events there are certainly disturbing, they should not be used as an excuse for ramping up dirty gas exports that…
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Europe opens doors to dangerous fracking
Europe is opening its doors to dirty and dangerous unconventional fossil fuels, Friends of the Earth Europe and Food & Water Europe said today. The warning comes as the European Commission publishes a framework to guide member states on how to regulate shale gas which fails to provide mandatory protection for Europe’s citizens against the…