German coalition bans fracking for shale gas indefinitely, but with parliament reassess in 2021

Thursday, June 23rd 2016 - 13:22 UTC

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Germany's coalition government agreed this week to ban fracking for shale gas indefinitely after years of fractious talks over the issue, but environmental groups said the ban did not go far enough and vowed to fight the deal. Test drilling will be allowed but only with the permission of the respective state government, officials said. Read full article

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Idlehands
A superb idea to ban fracking - the more countries the merrier.

We can then sell them our fracked oil and gas at artificially inflated prices.

If you want to understand the industry watch “Gasland”.....and then watch “Fracknation”

It's akin to watching Loose Change followed by Screw Loose Change
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