Euractiv: Polish MEP - EU has better shale gas rules than the US
The EU is better equipped that the United States to ensure that shale gas would be exploited in a safe way, MEP Bogusław Sonik, rapporteur on the environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities, told EurActiv Poland in an exclusive interview.
Bogusław Sonik is a Polish MEP from the European People’s Party. A member of the European Parliament since 2004, he is a former journalist and an activist in the Solidarność Students' Committee. He spoke to EurActiv Poland’s Judyta Skowrońska.
The European Parliament's Environmental Committee has already held the first debate on the amendments to your report on shale gas. Among them there was one demanding a ban on shale gas drilling in the EU.