Mexican Environmentalists Protest Damages, 'Fracking' and Financial Support for Pemex
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Mexico City, Oct 17 (EFE).- Activists called by more than 25 environmental organizations protested this Saturday to denounce environmental damage from Mexican Petroleum (Pemex), reject studies on gas extraction through hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ and question the government’s financial support for state oil. “We want future, not hydrocarbons,” was heard before [...] Mexican environmentalists protest damages, ‘fracking’ and financial suppo…
The protest occurs 10 days after President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed studies to extract non-conventional gas, particularly in Coahuila, and reduce dependence on the United States, which is the source of 75% of the gas consumed in Mexico.
More than 25 environmental organizations protested in Mexico City against the damage attributed to Pemex, the studies for the extraction of gas through ‘fracking’ and the government’s financial support for the state oil company.
A scientific committee recommended limiting the studies to the Burgos and Sabinas-Burro-Picachos basins, between the states of Coahuila and Nuevo León
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