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Ecologist: Despite growing evidence from the US of a raft of negative environmental and social consequences of drilling for natural gas using the controversial hydraulic fracturing process, European energy companies are scrambling to secure licenses to roll out extraction projects this side of the Atlantic.
Hydraulic fracturing – also known as 'fracking' – is a process used in the vast majority of natural gas wells in the US, where millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals are pumped underground to......
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Controversial gas ‘fracking’ extraction headed to Europe
Posted by Ecologist: Luke Starr on December 1st, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation