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Scotland widens shale moratorium to include coal gasification

2015-10-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Scotland has placed a moratorium on underground coal gasification, a form of unconventional gas extraction, adding to a ban on shale gas that it imposed in January in conflict with the pro-shale stance of Prime Minister David Cameron. The Scottish government also said on Thursday it would start an in-depth investigation into the impact of shale gas fracking, the process whereby water, sand and chemicals are blasted at underground rocks to release trapped gas. The outcome of the consultation...

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