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Protest in Sofia, other Bulgarian cities against shale gas

Sun, Jan 15 2012 12:28 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Protest in Sofia, other Bulgarian cities against shale gas

An archive photo of a November 2011 protest against shale gas

Photo: Krassimir Yuskesseliev

Protests were held in 12 Bulgarian cities, including the capital city Sofia, on January 14 2012 against shale gas.
 
Apart from Sofia, there were protests in Plovdiv, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Shoumen, Pleven, Bourgas, Kazanluk, Dobrich, Smolyan, Rousse and Blagoevgrad, while according to Capital Daily, Bulgarians living in London and Copenhagen also held protests.
 
Protesters called for Parliament to put a moratorium on exploration and extraction of shale gas and for a legislative ban on "fracking", hydraulic extraction of shale gas.
 

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Преглед на профил Milen Sun, Jan 15 2012 18:56 CET
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Hopefully this time the government will do what they state publicly i.e. not allow shale gas extraction. If they fool the people again like they did with the Genetically Modified Organism that will be their suicide.

Quote from WikiLeaks:

"Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Naydenov admitted in a meeting with Ambassador February 11 that this moratorium (against GMO) is a tactical approach in order to achieve the strategic goal of passing the draft law"


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