Brasília, Sept 10, 2026 (AFP) - Brazilian court debates fracking for oil and gas

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A high Brazilian court began debating Wednesday whether to authorize fracking for shale oil and gas deposits, an extraction technique for hard-to-reach reserves which is opposed by environmental advocates. Fracking has been banned in France and Germany but in Latin America, Argentina and Chile allow it. The technique has been used in thousands of Brazilian wells, but some states have passed local bans to prevent environmental damage, and the cour......

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