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The Politics of Shale Gas and Anti-fracking Movements in France and the UK

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France and the UK are similar in having substantial reserves of shale gas (Shale Gas Europe 2013) and in possessing legal regimes in which—unlike the USA—mineral rights are owned and controlled by the state. Companies and government officials in both cases have understandably expressed interest in exploiting those reserves as a means of stimulating economic growth and lessening dependence on external providers. However, the debates over the development of shale gas through hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”—for an excellent primer on the technique, see Rao 2012) and horizontal drilling have unfolded in very different trajectories on the two sides of the English Channel. …

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Metadaten
Titel
The Politics of Shale Gas and Anti-fracking Movements in France and the UK
verfasst von
John T. S. Keeler
Copyright-Jahr
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31680-2_3