Brussels, 09/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission's recommendation last year to guide the member states that use hydraulic fracking to extract gas from shale fails to protect citizens' health or the environment, states a report published by Friends of the Earth Europe and Food &Water Europe on Thursday 8 October.
The two NGOs warn that the weaknesses of the recommendation are increasing the likelihood of serious threats to communities such as ground-water contamination, toxic...