{"id":20203,"date":"2016-04-24T09:55:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=20203"},"modified":"2016-04-24T09:55:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T14:55:14","slug":"people-should-be-terrified-fracking-is-spreading-australian-mp-who-set-river-on-fire-to-rt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=20203","title":{"rendered":"\u2018People should be terrified fracking is spreading\u2019 \u2013 Australian MP who set river on fire to RT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018People should be terrified fracking is spreading\u2019 \u2013 Australian MP who set river on fire to RT<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham \u00a9 RT<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fracking should be banned as a \u201cglobal threat\u201d as it causes methane leaks contaminating water in the communities near gas wells, says an Australian MP who literally set a river ablaze to draw attention to the adverse effects of the practice.<\/div>\n
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The companies that extract coal seam gas via fracking are duping people into believing that their technology is safe, while in reality it has contributed greatly to the pollution of sites like Condamine river located in the Australian state of Queensland just near the fracking site, Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham said in an interview to RT.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gas is leaking out of the ground because of the fracking. They have thousands of gas wells around this river, around this site. They drill, they frack, but the gas isn\u2019t just flowing up their gas wells, it\u2019s coming through the ground,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said, stressing that Origin Energy company, that operate the wells,\u00a0\u201cshould be condemned for polluting one of our most important rivers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Speaking of how to prevent the fracking industry from damaging the environment, he said that Australia should ban fracking as an unsafe practice altogether.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are waiting in Australia is a moratorium on fracking,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said, adding that fracking should be viewed as a global threat and its spreading should make people around the world\u00a0\u201cterrified.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n