Sputnik: PACE Delegates Sign Motion Imposing Moratorium on Fracking in Europe
Twenty-seven delegates of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have signed a motion imposing a moratorium on fracking across Europe.
“The Parliamentary Assembly notes that only one-fifth of the world’s proven fossil fuel reserves (excluding shale gas) can be burned if dangerous climate change is to be avoided and that fracking (unconventional shale gas extraction) has already contributed to falling oil prices and increasing emissions,” the motion reads that was signed by delegates from several countries, including the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Poland and others states.