RSS Feed
Reuters: The small hilly town of Pungesti in eastern Romania could be sitting on vast reserves of shale gas and U.S. energy major Chevron wants to find it.
But the people of Pungesti want nothing to do with it.
Though most of them live off subsistence farming, social aid and cash from relatives working abroad, they would rather stay poor than run what they say is the risk of ruining their environment.
Villagers have set up camp outside the empty lot where Chevron aims to install its first exploratory......
Read Complete Article at Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS News Feed
Romanian farmers choose subsistence over shale gas
Posted by Reuters: Luiza Ilie on October 27th, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation