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France's top court to review law banning shale gas fracking
2013-07-12 19:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: France's top court said it would examine a challenge to a law that bans hydraulic fracturing, the drilling technique used to produce shale gas and oil. U.S. firm Schuepbach Energy, which held two exploration permits that were canceled in 2011, has contested the law. The Constitutional Council, made up of judges and former French presidents, has the power to annul laws if they are deemed to be unconstitutional. "It is now up to the Constitutional Council to decide whether the law is constitutional,...
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