Sentences with phrase «controversial oil and gas development»

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The oil and gas industry, industry - funded academics and ideological think tanks have promoted shale gas development — through the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — as a sure - fire job creator during difficult economic times.

This would imply that investment in exploration, development, and extraction of new sources of oil and gas could move from the «controversial» category to «misaligned» in a future refinement of the methodology.

As semi-nomadic groups are now in a better position to gain Aboriginal title to land, they will seemingly be in a better position to demand from the government an increased level of consultation and accommodation in the undertaking of controversial economic development projects like mining, oil and gas, fracking, mineral rights, and environmental harvesting.