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Monday, October 24, 2011

Anti-Shale Gas Group Calls For Public Inquiry

The risks from shale gas exploration are not manageable and health should not be traded for profit.......That was the message delivered to a public meeting at a church in the north end on Sandy Point Road by an anti-shale gas group.  

Chris Rendell of Hampton Water First tells CHSJ News there should be a public inquiry held where both sides can be heard before anything moves ahead because he's skeptical of anything the Alward Government is saying about this issue. 

He accuses the government of being biased in favour of shale gas exploration moving ahead even though there have been problems in every other place where shale gas development is happening.
 
Rendell claims New Brunswick doesn't have enough people to carry out inspections and in Quebec where every shale gas well was inspected, 75 per cent of them had leaks.