Sentence examples for fracking a from inspiring English sources

That brought fracking a step too far.

These clear benefits have made fracking a tough call for some mainstream environmental groups.

An E.P.A. investigation in 2004 failed to find any threat to drinking water from fracking — a conclusion that was widely dismissed by critics as politically motivated.

Reinjection has caused countless problems in the US and you have to question how far this government will go to make fracking a reality".

Smith maintained that big hurdles still remained before he could give fracking a clean bill of health, chief among these the question of its effect on climate change.

The gas industry, for example, uses several million gallons of freshwater when "fracking" a well, and the water is not recycled for drinking, thanks to the additives that are used.

Anschutz Exploration Corporation recently filed suit in upstate New York to overturn a ban on "fracking" — a controversial practice in which chemical-laced water and sand are injected into the ground to extract natural gas.

And he plans to make a start on pension reform.The thorniest issue he faces is fracking, a controversial drilling technique in which high-pressure water and chemicals are pumped into a bore-hole to ease the extraction of natural gas.

In the UK, government ministers were recently advised by scientists to give shale gas fracking a green light, despite local opposition after the first drilling exploration caused two small earthquakes.

Celtique Energie is not applying for permission for "fracking" - a process in which liquid is pumped at high pressure deep underground to fracture shale rock and release gas - which would require a separate planning application.

The company insists it is just exploratory drilling and has no plans for fracking - a controversial method of extracting gas from rock.