France Should Ban Shale Exploration on Risks, Minister Says
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The French government will back a proposed ban on a technique used for the exploration and production of natural gas and oil found in shale because of threats to the environment.
“I’m against hydraulic fracturing. We have seen the results in the U.S.,” French Environment Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said today on RMC radio. “There are risks for the water tables and these are risks we don’t want to take.”