European crops fueled by fracked U.S. gas despite clean fertilizer claims

European crops fueled by fracked U.S. gas despite clean fertilizer claims

Despite pledges of sustainable production, European chemical giants Yara and BASF are using fracked shale gas from Texas to make ammonia-based fertilizer, a new investigation reveals.Agathe Bounfour and Clare Carlile report for The Guardian.In short:The Yara and BASF ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas, touted as sustainable, actually relies on hydrogen derived from fracked shale gas in the Permian Basin, contradicting its green branding.Documents …