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EU threatens Poland with environmental court action over fracking defiance

2014-08-01 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Poland has recently amended its fracking laws to allow shale gas excavation of up to 5,000 feet, without assessing the environmental implications, thus breaking EU law and triggering legal proceedings. Under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive, fracking sites in natural preservation areas are limited to 1,000 metres. Poland has argued, however, that this ruling greatly restricts shale gas exploration in the country, as shale gas reserves in Poland are located mostly at a depth...

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