Margaret Wente's argument
for 'more fracking and faster' represents a dangerously narrow approach
to economic development and addressing Canada's energy needs. In
addition to price and availability, we need to carefully assess the
risks of fracking including the potential for water contamination, high
lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, links between earthquakes and
injection of fracking wastewater into the ground, the lack of
regulations legally requiring public disclosure of chemicals and the
lack of information on the cumulative impacts of fracking on public
health and our environment.
Federal, Quebec, British Columbia and Nova Scotia governments have begun reviews on fracking precisely because they don't know enough about it. Sixty-two per cent of Canadians support a moratorium on all fracking for natural gas until all federal environmental reviews are complete.
Considering risks and community opposition, we need a ban on fracking or at the very least a moratorium.
Original Article
Source: rabble.ca
Author: Emma Lui
Federal, Quebec, British Columbia and Nova Scotia governments have begun reviews on fracking precisely because they don't know enough about it. Sixty-two per cent of Canadians support a moratorium on all fracking for natural gas until all federal environmental reviews are complete.
Considering risks and community opposition, we need a ban on fracking or at the very least a moratorium.
Original Article
Source: rabble.ca
Author: Emma Lui
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