Fracking pumps up public’s climate fears
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Fracking pumps up
public’s climate fears
Governments worldwide are finding that public opposition to fracking for gas is growing because of concerns that it will worsen climate change.
By Paul Brown
LONDON, 16 October, 2016 − Public opposition to pumping water and chemicals into the ground to extract gas from shale − the technique known as fracking − is growing even in the countries whose governments are most in favour.
Although only four countries – France, Bulgaria, Germany and Scotland – have an outright fracking ban at the moment, many districts in countries that allow fracking in some areas ban it in others.
This is true in the US and in Canada, where potential wells will not be developed because local authorities have refused permission.