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Shale gas push 'would wreck UK's climate change targets'

Guardian; 23/11/2011

The Tyndall Centre at the University of Manchester has published a new report commissioned by the Cooperative Group investigating the environmental and climate change impacts of Shale Gas - see http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/shalegasreport for the full report. The report concludes that exploiting UK shale gas resources could increase carbon emissions significantly, making meeting government targets to cut CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050 more difficult. Groundwater pollution and the large amounts of water required for shale gas extraction are other potential environmental issues.

News Item details

Websites: http://www.guardian.co.uk

Keywords: Climate change - shale gas

Countries: UK -

Organisation: Tyndall Centre

Subjects: Environment, Environmental protection, Protection of ambient air and climate, Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water, Resource use and management, Policy and Governance, Shale gas, Solid fossil fuels and derived products, Land use, Carbon emissions