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Choosing the environment over jobs in Spain

AdministratorMay 12, 2013

The practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves pumping liquids deep into the earth in order to extract natural gas from shale rock. And it's deeply controversial. The UK has just lifted a moratorium on fracking, while France and Bulgaria have banned it. But the debate has been particularly intense in Spain, where one region recently banned hydraulic fracturing. Guy Hedgecoe reports.

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