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Russian Money Suspected Behind Fracking Protests
2014-12-01 06:04:35| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Vlasa Mircia, the mayor of this destitute village in eastern Romania, thought he had struck it rich when the American energy giant Chevron showed up here last year and leased a plot of land he owned for exploratory shale gas drilling. But the encounter between big business and rural Romania quickly turned into a nightmare. The village became a magnet for activists from across the country opposed to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Violent clashes broke out between the police and protesters. The...
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