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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11003
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) shale gas

Environmentalists outraged by lack of legislation

Brussels, 23/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - The decision by the European Commission to go no further than minimum EU guidelines for assessing the environmental risks linked to the exploration and production of nonconventional hydrocarbons, such as shale gas and oils, is, by its very nature, pleasing to those member states that want to develop high volume hydraulic fracking t (Lithuania, Romania, Poland and the United Kingdom). Nonetheless, it would not be an exaggeration to say that this produced...

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