UNEP Global Environmental Alert Released for November: Gas Fracking: Can We Safely Squeeze the Rocks?
by Taryn Rucinski
This month, the United Nations Environment Programme released a new Global Environmental Alert titled, Gas Fracking: Can We Safely Squeeze the Rocks? (Nov. 2012). According to the 15-page alert, available here
Hydrological
fracturing techniques have made accessible vast unconventional gas
reserves. However, observed impacts on the environment and human health
raise legitimate public concerns. The potential climate benefits of
coal-to-gas substitution are both less clear and more limited than
initially claimed. The question of whether to allow or ban gas fracking
needs to be carefully assessed by relevant authorities. A review of
current related policies and regulations is critically needed.
Prior alerts are available here, dating from Aug. 2010 to the present.
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