Fracking Is Not the Option

La Jornada

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Factuality

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In view of the recent approach made by our President Claudia Sheinbaum to resort to fracking to extract gas from Mexico's subsoil, I believe that three facts must be considered that are irrefutable for approval: the first is that since 2015 we have been witnessing the fall in the extraction of conventional hydrocarbons such as oil and gas. The second is the severity of the climate and ecological crisis, product of the excessive exploitation and …