Celebrity showbiz tactics leave us in the fracking dark
Anti-fracking lobby group gets celebrity to be the face of its campaign.
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English tremors blamed on shale fracking
A company using hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas from shale rock said the technique probably did trigger earth tremors in April and May.
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Farmers hail Cabinet's fracking moratorium
Agri SA has welcomed the government's decision to place a moratorium on licences for shale gas development through hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo.
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Shale gas as dirty as oil, coal for warming
Shale gas, an energy source carries a greater carbon footprint than oil, coal and conventional gas over at least a 20-year period.
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Shale gas stirs ecology fears in Karoo
The Karoo could solve South Africa's energy problems -- but only through an extraction process called fracking that has greens seeing red.
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Karoo residents to block shale-gas bid
A group of Karoo residents intend opposing Shell SA's bid to explore for shale gas in the Karoo, it was reported on Monday.
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Shell's shale gas plans stir SA controversy
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is targeting potential untapped shale gas reserves in South Africa where landowners are readying for a showdown.
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SA farmers oppose Shell's shale gas plans
Royal Dutch Shell is facing opposition to its plans to seek shale gas in South Africa's semi-desert Karoo region.
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