https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The row over whether France should exploit its deep reserves of shale gas was unexpectedly back on the table on Tuesday after it emerged the French government had buried a controversial report that suggested alternative and safer methods to mine the gas other than the much-maligned "fracking". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150407/french-government-buries-report-backing-shale-gas Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:47:17 +0200 french-government-buries-report-backing-shale-gas France’s highest court on Friday upheld a ban on fracking – drilling in the country’s plentiful shale gas reserves. It rejected Texas company Schuepbach Energy's argument that France’s moratorium was “discriminatory.” https://www.thelocal.fr/20131011/breaking-france-upholds-ban-on-fracking Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:17:00 +0200 breaking-france-upholds-ban-on-fracking