<em><a target='_blank' href='http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_new_frontier_for_fracking_drilling_near_the_arctic_circle/2794/'>Yale Environment 360</a></em>

  • The Canada's Northwest Territories' first fracking project, carried out by ConocoPhillips over the winter in the NWT's Sahtu region, was approved last summer with no public review. Photo: ConocoPhillips.

    Drills away in Canada's Arctic - 1.35 million hectares of wilderness open to fracking

    Ed Struzik
    <em><a target='_blank' href='http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_new_frontier_for_fracking_drilling_near_the_arctic_circle/2794/'>Yale Environment 360</a></em>
     |
    Hydraulic fracturing is roaring ahead in the Canadian Arctic, writes Ed Struzik. Companies are competing to exploit the Northwest Territories' 2-3 billion barrels of shale oil, as the NWT government ignores calls from indigenous nations and scientists for a moratorium on fracking pending an open review of its impacts.
Subscribe to &lt;em&gt;&lt;a target=&#039;_blank&#039; href=&#039;http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_new_frontier_for_fracking_drilling_near_the_arctic_circle/2794/&#039;&gt;Yale Environment 360&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;