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Little gov't scrutiny of local approval for fracking in UK

vendredi 7 mars 2014 à 13:00

The UK government pays strict attention to local approval for wind farms, which can spoil the view, while disregarding local approval for fracking which can poison the water.

Parliament is starting to face the issue of the carbon bubble in fossil companies' stock valuation.

What can governments do about such a bubble? Here's one idea: require the prospectus of a company involved in extraction, transport, sale or combustion of fossil fuel to mention the bubble, and its probable future effects on the company's stock price.