... Shale gas extraction causes environmental risks On 16 January 2012, the press-conference entitled “Shale gas extraction: violation of the community’s rights and environmental risks” was given by Iryna Sekh, head of the Commission of Environment, Natural Resources and Recreation of Lviv Regional Council, Dmytro Skrylnikov, head of NGO “Bureau of Environmental Investigations” and Yelyzaveta Alekseyeva,... ...
... SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria’s government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas in the country using the extraction technique known as “fracking.” Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said that under Tuesday’s decision “Chevron can still have the right to test for oil and gas, but without using the controversial... ...
... Conservation Council doubts safety of shale gas industry A series of special op-eds written on the shale gas industry Almost two years ago, the Conservation Council learned the New Brunswick government intended to permit shale gas development across the province. At the time, we assumed that it could be done safely, if we enacted tough... ...
... EBRD Draft Mining Strategy in its section 4.3 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION admits that “the situation in many of EBRD’s COOs with respect to stakeholder engagement is challenging and … that mechanisms for stakeholder engagement have often been lacking or poorly applied and experience in good stakeholder engagement and management is often lacking, both by... ...
... http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/12/26/polands_shale_gas_dream ...
... http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/poland-pennsylvania-energy-shale-gas-fracking-farming-water-bubble ...
... http://www.vqronline.org/articles/unlikely-dissidents ...
... http://chicagopolicyreview.org/2013/03/19/natural-gas-a-bubble-of-expectation/ ...