No fracking, even for research, recommends Quebec committee report

No fracking, even for research, recommends Quebec committee report by The Gazette, April 3, 2012
A committee named by Quebec Environment Minister Pierre Arcand, to determine whether shale gas can be extracted while respecting the environment, released plans Tuesday for further study and recommended that the minister not authorize hydraulic fracturing, even for research purposes. … Committee chair Robert Joly said in his report that Quebec could rely on laboratory experiments on fracturing. He announced the committee would order several more studies with a deadline of next spring. He said the final report would be completed sometime in 2013.