Bloomberg: German brewers called on Chancellor Angela Merkels government to block the tapping of shale gas by means of hydraulic fracturing, citing industry concerns that fracking could taint the purity of the countrys beer.
The Association of German Breweries, which represents companies including Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ABI) (ABI) and Bitburger Braugruppe GmbH, rejected the governments planned legislation on fracking until groundwater contamination can be safely excluded. They said the current proposals...