July 24, 2014

Fracking Fights Loom Large in Mexico

"Mexico is emerging as the next big battleground in conflicts over hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as the method of extracting natural gas is commonly known.

"While Mexican lawmakers consider regulatory legislation to put into practice the 2013 energy reform that opened up their county's oil and gas reserves to private investors, anti-fracking forces are mobilizing for a moratorium or an outright ban of the controversial practice from the Mexican Congress."

Please read more at:  http://www.upsidedownworld.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4932:fracking-fights-loom-large-in-mexico-&catid=39:mexico&Itemid=79

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