European Voice: MEPs prepare for battle over shale-gas drilling

Battle in the European Parliament over the rights and wrongs of drilling for shale gas has begun in earnest with the publication this week of a draft report for the environment committee.

Drawn up by Bogusław Sonik, a Polish centre-right MEP, the report concludes that there is no need for new European Union laws to regulate shale-gas extraction, arguing that existing laws governing drilling for conventional gas are adequate. MORE