some european countries shun shale gas, fearing impacts of hydraulic fracturing

摘要

The recent US boom in shale gas has largely been driven bynthe use of hydraulic fracturing, which entails injecting water, nchemicals and other materials into geologic formations to forcenhard-to-access hydrocarbons to the surface. But some Europeanncountries are shunning shale gas because they are wary of the nenvironmental and economic impacts of fracking, as it is often ncalled.