France Bans Fracking. Here’s Why!
December 5, 2019
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Even though the nation sits atop what many analysts believe are some of the most potentially productive natural gas fields in the world, France has banned the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as it has come to be known in the parlance of our times, according to French media reports.
From the French newspaper Le Monde, through the magic ofGoogle Translate:
The French Parliament banned, Thursday, June 30, using the technique of hydraulic fracturing for exploration and exploitation of gas and oil shale, under pressure from a strong mobilization of the populations concerned. France becomes the first country to ban the use of this technique considered highly polluting.
