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Seeking Energy Independence, Europe Faces Heated Fracking Debate
2014-03-07 09:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: While watching the turmoil in Ukraine unfold, you may feel as though it has little to do with the United States, but the conflict is stirring a contentious debate in Europe over a topic familiar to many Americans: fracking. Much of the continent depends on Russian natural gas that flows through pipelines in Ukraine. European countries are asking themselves whether to follow the U.S. example and drill for shale gas. In Lancashire in northern England, local anti-fracking groups had been campaigning...
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