In Poland, Fracking Fuels Dissent Above Ground

PBS News Hour:

"Poland recently eased regulations on fracking, with the hope that shale gas will boost the economy, reduce energy dependence and prices. But local residents fear their concerns are taking a backseat to progress. Special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports, as part of a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting."

Special report Fracking Hell? How Poland's dash for gas turned sour - by ECOLOGIST

link to ECOLOGIST publication: Poland is about to open its doors to an unprecedented dash for gas. But with multinational energy companies circling and widespread fracking about to begin, people and the environment are in the firing line. Andrew Wasley reports from Gdansk

Josh Fox Speaks to Polish Anti-Fracking Movement

Shale gas in Poland - article in L.A. Times

"Marek Kryda, an environmental activist here in Gdansk, is worried that his country is running headlong toward an illusory goal without really counting the cost." - quotation from the article by Henry Chu of  Los Angeles Times,

July 15, 2012, 

Poland dreams of energy independance - through fracking

FRACK EU: UNCONVENTIONAL INTRIGUE IN POLAND

A Preliminary Investigation of the Fracking Assault on Poland

By Will Koop,
Coordinator,
B.C. Tap Water Alliance
Vancouver, British Columbia
Released: January 23, 2012
info@bctwa.org

Frack EU - Unconventional Intrigue in Poland (January 23, 2012)
http://www.bctwa.org/FrkPol-FrackEU.html

Stop Fracking British Columbia
http://www.bctwa.org/FrackingBC.html

Fracking free Poland - conference and protest Sept. 20, 2011

protest in front of the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland 

where Transportation, Telecommunications and

Energy Council (TTE - Energy) informal session was taking place; protesters handed a letter (see below) to the council chairman demanding revision of the EU energy strategy and emphasizing  negative impact on people and the environment of hydraulic fracking in shale gas exploitation

Conference on the Problem of Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Gas in Europe
with José Bové, Deputy Chair of the Agriculture Committee of European
Parliament


19 - 20 September, Wroclaw, Poland