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To: tom pope who wrote (180885)	10/10/2013 10:13:34 AM
From: Dennis Roth	1 Recommendation Recommended By saintsinnerido Respond to of 206135

Europe Votes to Tighten Rules on Drilling Method By JAMES KANTER Published: October 9, 2013 nytimes.com It was a close vote and not the final one ...The rules were narrowly approved by the European Parliament, which is meeting this week in Strasbourg, France, and still must undergo another round of voting in the Parliament once an agreement on final language is reached with European Union governments... ...Members cast 332 votes in favor of giving Andrea Zanoni, an Italian member of the Parliament from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, a mandate to negotiate a final deal with European Union governments over the final text of the fracking measure. There were 311 votes against, and 14 abstentions... === As Drilling Practice Takes Off in U.S., Europe Proves Hesitant nytimes.com “...But the issue is not shale gas,” about which there is a great deal of fear and ignorance, Mr. de Margerie said. “People are against carbon, against fossil fuels, and we are missing important opportunities...”

To: tom pope who wrote (180885)	3/12/2014 2:51:50 PM
From: Dennis Roth	1 Recommendation Recommended By evestor Respond to of 206135

EU parliament excludes shale gas from tougher environmental code Wednesday 12 March 2014 11.29 EDT theguardian.com Industry welcomes law bringing stronger oil and gas rules but Greens say leaving out shale gas is a ‘major setback’ Putin Opens Up Europe’s Energy Fault Line Along Oder-Neisse Stefan Nicola and Marek Strzelecki, ©2014 Bloomberg News Published 4:41 am, Wednesday, March 12, 2014 sfgate.com ...Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has turned on Germany, saying its appetite for Russian gas as it shifts to clean energy is “a threat to Europe’s security and sovereignty.” Tusk said he’ll deliver that message to Chancellor Angela Merkel when they meet in Warsaw today.The German-Polish split underscores a broader dilemma over the direction of Europe’s $13 trillion economy and the energy model that powers it. Merkel is focused on cutting pollution and closing German nuclear reactors, consuming more Russian gas in the process. Tusk, more concerned with energy security, is pushing coal and atomic power, and yesterday backed a law to speed up hydraulic fracking to get at domestic hydrocarbons... ...With her Social Democratic Party coalition partner opposed to fracking, Merkel’s government has imposed a moratorium on new drilling using the technology...