This fall marked one year since the Conservation Council of New Brunswick
announced its concerns about shale gas exploration in the province. The
government of New Brunswick says the province has the "thickest shale gas
reservoir" in North America, and wants to explore the process of hydraulic
fracturing - or fracking - to extract the resource from the ground.
When CCNB heard about the province's plans, they travelled to states where
fracking had taken place, said executive director David Coon.
"We concluded this could not go forward safely, whatever the regulations
were."
CCNB, along with about 30 local groups, has taken a firm stance against shale
gas development.
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