How Much Mexico Depends on Texas Gas and How Sheinbaum Seeks "Independence" with Controversial Fracking

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President Claudia Sheinbaum has opened a debate in Mexico on the use of fracking for gas extraction

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Coatzintla, Mexico Peasants in eastern Mexico have seen their orange and lemon trees die, a damage that they attribute to "fracking" to extract natural gas. Now, farmers and experts see with concern Claudia Sheinbaum’s government’s intention to deepen this practice. The president announced last week the creation of a committee of experts with the mission of analyzing techniques to exploit natural gas through hydraulic fracture. With this measure…