{"id":5067,"date":"2015-01-30T19:20:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T00:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=5067"},"modified":"2015-01-30T19:20:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T00:20:14","slug":"leaked-document-could-shatter-uk-shale-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=5067","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Document Could Shatter UK Shale Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Natural-Gas\/Leaked-Document-Could-Shatter-UK-Shale-Dreams.html\" target=\"_blank\">Leaked Document Could Shatter UK Shale Dreams<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron\u2019s hopes for a British-style shale gas revolution recently took a major hit.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-30955291?print=true\">promised<\/a>\u00a0that his government will be \u201cgoing all out\u201d to develop Britain\u2019s shale gas resources, which he argues will create new jobs and cut dependence on imported gas.<\/p>\n<p>But a committee made up of members of parliament (MPs) from several political parties issued a damning new report on the state of \u201cfracking\u201d in the United Kingdom. The Environmental Audit Committee\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/environmental-audit-committee\/news\/environmental-risks-of-fracking-report\/\">published a report\u00a0<\/a>that called for a 30-month moratorium on fracking, citing \u201chuge uncertainties\u201d regarding the environmental fallout from widespread drilling. On top of the usual controversies over water supplies, the report says that allowing fracking will upend British climate change goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately fracking cannot be compatible with our long-term commitments to cut climate-changing emissions unless full-scale carbon capture and storage technology is rolled out rapidly, which currently looks unlikely,\u201d MP and Committee Chair Joan Walley said. \u201cThere are also huge uncertainties around the impact that fracking could have on our water supplies, air quality and public health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oilprice.com\/Latest-Energy-News\/World-News\/Emergency-Tax-May-Not-Be-Enough-To-Save-North-Sea-Oil.html\"><strong>Related:\u00a0Emergency Tax May Not Be Enough To Save North Sea Oil<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The committee report was a political bombshell in London, but the House of Commons\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-30993915?print=true\">overwhelmingly shot down<\/a>\u00a0an amendment \u2013 by a vote of 308 to 52 \u2013 on January 26 that would have banned fracking outright.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaked Document Could Shatter UK Shale Dreams U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron\u2019s hopes for a British-style shale gas revolution recently took a major hit. Cameron has\u00a0promised\u00a0that his government will be \u201cgoing all out\u201d to develop Britain\u2019s shale gas resources, which he argues will create new jobs and cut dependence on imported gas. 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