Fracking in the U.S.: Excess gas must be flared.
The Federal Environment Agency warns natural gas to using toxic chemicals. The so-called fracking chemicals could get into groundwater. The plans of the natural gas industry suffer a setback.
Natural Gas Boom
In the production of natural gas from unconventional sources like many companies enter this country - from shale and coal seams, it is to be retrieved. Especially in the U.S., this has been practiced for years. In addition to the existing "natural land" Lower of origin of around 90 percent of domestically produced gas, now come new locations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and in the south of Baden-Württemberg and in the north of Hesse in question.
