German government agrees to ban fracking after years of dispute
by Agence France-Presse from on (#1J8KV)
Coalition revived proposals after companies said last week they would push ahead with projects
German politicians have approved a law that bans fracking, ending years of dispute over the controversial technology to release oil and gas locked deep underground.
The law does not outlaw conventional drilling for oil and gas, leaving it to state governments to decide on individual cases.
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