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Shale gas

François Hollande and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Banff, Canada, 02 Nov. 2014

France - Canada

Hollande in Canada to boost French trade

Shale gas extraction in Fort Worth, Texas, in the US

France - United Kingdom

France's Total invests in UK shale gas

A graphic showing a "cluster" of shale gas wells

France's fracking ban survives constitutional challenge

Fracking in process

International report

Britain's environmental activists fiercely oppose fracking

A demonstration in Donzère in the Dordogne, south-west France, in 2011

Top French court considers scrapping fracking ban

Gasland filmmaker Josh Fox next to the oil well in Jouarre

Gasland's director tours France as anti-fracking law faces uncertain future

Actress Daryl Hannah (C) joins protesters with Americans Against Fracking during a noon time protest in front of the White House in Washington

On-the-spot France

Fracking has no place in France, for now

Exploring for shale gas using the controversial method fracking

Fracking for shale gas causes controversy

French press review 3 August 2013

French press review 12 July 2013

Anti-fracking protesters in Jouarre near Paris

Activists fear U-turn on French fracking ban

Anti-fracking protester in Jouarre

On-the-spot France

Anti-fracking protests near Paris

French press review 2 February 2013

French press review 14 November 2012

One of the wellheads in Carol Ostheimer's backyard

Report: United States

Ohio anti-fracking campaigners warn of pollution and earthquakes

The petroleum industry hopes the French government has not completely closed the door on shale gas exploration

Industry hopes France will reconsider shale gas exploration

Fracking in Pennsylvania, USA

France may permit shale gas exploitation, Prime Minister Ayrault says

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