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Shale-rich Spanish region to vote to ban fracking
2013-04-08 07:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Lawmakers in Spain's northern Cantabria region unanimously voted on Monday to ban hydraulic fracturing on environmental concerns, shooting down the central government's hopes for a project to boost jobs in a region believed to be rich in shale gas. Spain, battling a deep recession and high unemployment, imports about 76 percent of its energy needs and the technology to extract shale gas, known as fracking, could help relieve its foreign dependence on oil, coal and gas. Early estimates indicate...
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