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Russia is secretly working with environmental groups campaigning against fracking in an attempt to maintain Europe's dependence on energy imports from Moscow, the secretary-general of Nato has said.
Speaking at the Chatham House foreign affairs think-tank in London, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russia was mounting a sophisticated disinformation campaign aimed at undermining attempts to exploit alternative energy sources such as shale gas.
He said: "I have met allies who can report that Russia, as part of their sophisticated information and disinformation operations, engaged actively with so-called non-governmental organisations - environmental organisations working against shale gas - to maintain European dependence on imported Russian gas. That is my interpretation."
Mr Rasmussen did not say what form the Russians' engagement with the environmentalists took or whether groups concerned were aware that they were dealing with Moscow's agents.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10911942/Russia-in-secret-plot-against-fracking-Nato-chief-says.html
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Well, as long as they're not in secret plots against solar, wind, and hydro, I say more power to them.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)If Russia's agin' it, then I'm fer it! I don' wanna be called no Pootin-lover, that's fer sure!
GeorgeGist
(25,318 posts)on the wrong side of everything.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)Monk06
(7,675 posts)interests.
On a more practical note, it won't be Russian political subterfuge that puts an end to fracking. It will be the fact that fracking is economically unsustainable. It's another US economic bubble. Set to pop around 2030, Just like the tech and housing bubbles.
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/fracking-bubble-shale-gas-wont-solve-energy-crunch-says-report-81425