A reader wondered how

Nova Scotia’s fracking ban would result in
safer oil and gas company drilling operations instead of just
balkanizing the world into fracking permitted and prohibited zones.
Actually, Energy Minister Andrew Younger said:

“This way, people will know before it’s allowed — if it’s ever
allowed — there will be a full debate in the Legislature.”

And the panel report that was the proximate cause of the ban,
by the
Nova Scotia Hydraulic Fracturing review,
led by

President Dr. David Wheeler,
explicitly is for: Continue reading →