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United Kingdom: Fracking is no answer to 'immediate dilemma' of energy security
2014-03-10 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fracking might be a controversial proposition, but there is no need to panic just yet. It may be that shale is indeed the solution to our energy crisis, but many are unaware of the complex and tangled web of legal issues to be picked through before anyone puts a drill in the ground. Fracking involves the extraction of methane gas from layers of shale by pumping high pressure water down a well. But shale gas stocks are legally owned by the Crown, and it is the Crown (via the Department for Energy...
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