Novinite: Bulgarian Environmentalists Seek Statutory Ban on Shale Gas Development

Representatives of the "Civil Initiative for a Ban on Shale Gas Exploration and Production through Hydraulic Fracturing" will submit to Parliament a petition for legal amendments backed by over 51 000 citizens, the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) reported.

"We insist that the moratorium on the technology for extracting natural gas from underground shale deposits should be regulated by a law rather than a decision of Parliament of the sort that was adopted on January 18, 2012. We also demand a statutory ban on underground carbon dioxide storage," Borislav Sandov, a representative of the civil organization, told news portal investor.bg on Thursday.

Environmental activists demanded as early as November 2011 that the moratorium on shale gas be introduced by a law.  MORE