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"en.20121121.20.3-261-250"2
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"The vote on this report comes at a time when the topic of shale gas is a matter of fierce debate. Regrettably, ideological prejudices are considerably strong and their advocates refuse to see some indisputable facts. Firstly, significant shale gas deposits have been discovered in some European countries while exploration is about to commence in others. Secondly, shale gas has already demonstrated substantial positive influence on the European gas market, reducing the prices and restricting Russia’s influence. Thirdly, in comparison with other fossil fuels, such as oil and coal, the use of shale gas generates fewest carbon emissions. That is why the fears are mostly related to exploration and extraction risks. Today we showed our firm conviction to guarantee the highest possible environmental protection from the use of hydraulic fracturing on EU territory. At the same time we reject any possibility of imposing a pan-European moratorium on the exploration and extraction of shale gas deposits, which would contradict both the Treaty of Lisbon and the EU energy policy. There is no more sensible approach than the one we have just adopted: the decision on exploration and extraction is to be left to the individual countries, and environmental standards are to be extremely high and maintained at a European level."@en1
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