Category: Shale Gas

Request to the United Nations to Call for a Global Ban on Fracking

The Sustainable Energy Group has signed the Open Letter requesting the United Nations to call for a global ban on fracking. Please consider signing as well. An OPEN LETTER to António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations September 2019 REQUEST TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO CALL FOR A GLOBAL BAN ON FRACKING Dear UN Secretary … Continue reading “Request to the United Nations to Call for a Global Ban on Fracking”

New Shale Gas Reports Need Careful Scrutiny

The rate at which new reports on shale gas operations are coming out, argues strongly for the importance of the NB Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing. For example, the Fraser Institute released a Research Bulletin in October that reviews some of the risk assessment literature on hydraulic fracturing and shale gas extraction. It is titled Managing … Continue reading “New Shale Gas Reports Need Careful Scrutiny”

Letter to N.B. Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing


N.B. Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing Marysville Place P. O. Box 6000 Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H2 Dear Commission Panel Members: The Sustainable Energy Group (SEG) was established in 2004 as a nonprofit organization for the purpose of raising public awareness about renewable and environmentally sustainable options in energy production, distribution and use. SEG has responded to … Continue reading “Letter to N.B. Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing
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Is Shale Gas a Bridge Fuel?

Within the last few years there has been a remarkable change in attitude about fossil fuels. There is rapidly growing agreement among people in positions of public responsibility that we must reduce our collective carbon emissions. For example, the NB Power Commission is committed to increasing its renewable energy portfolio and shift from coal and … Continue reading “Is Shale Gas a Bridge Fuel?”