Irish Times: More risk in extracting shale gas than natural gas, says commissioner
There are more risks in the extraction of shale gas than conventional natural gas, the EU commissioner on the environment has said.
Janez Potocnik said it would do nobody any favours if shale gas production were pushed through without the proper safeguards. He will reveal a new framework for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) across Europe today when he addresses MEPs in the European Parliament.
The commissioner told an audience at the Institute of European Affairs in Dublin yesterday that he had his own views about fracking but in the interest of collegiality with other members of the European Commission, he would not be revealing them.