Land Council Calls For Fracking Halt

BY NIGEL ADLAM

(AUSTRALIA) THE Central Land Council has called for a freeze on fracking, the technique used to extract oil and gas from layers of shale underground.

Council director David Ross said the halt on permit applications should last until environmental assessments had been carried out and strict regulations drawn up.

He said the potential impact of fracking - where water and sand are blasted down a well to force shale apart - was “enormous“.

Source: https://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/12/13/278075_ntnews.html