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http://www.euronews.com/ Georgi, from Bulgaria, asks:

Taking into account that in France, Ireland and Bulgaria the extraction of shale gas has been prohibited and in England and Germany there are earthquake and pollution problems after shale gas drilling, what is the European institutional position about this?

Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet, a CNRS researcher, responds:

What is shale gas? It is natural gas which is trapped in deep geological formations, quite spread out. Therefore, it seems that some European countries could have quite a lot of gas, especially France and Poland.”

The near-term interest is that we know how to get at it, and some countries consider their energy independence important, for instance from Russia in the case of Poland.

From an environmental point of view, in my opinion, and especially when it’s about water resources, there are risks.

At least there are if we look at the Americans’ experience. This is fossil fuel, so it’s an energy source that generates CO2, which will contribute to warming of the climate, contrary to renewable energies. This is methane gas, and methane has a much more powerful effect as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

The bit worry is leakage at the beginning of exploitation, and when the wells are dismantled.

There are also accident risks, that are qualified as probable. We know they’re going to happen, it’s statistical: with a certain number of wells there has to be an accident. We don’t know where it’ll happen, or when. Afterwards, it’s like for any industrial explosion: you have know the risk you’re prepared to take. There are no global directives on mining in Europe. The point of view of the European Commissioner in charge of energy policy is that there’s enough European legislation in the exploration phase. There is very lively debate about this in the parliament. The greens are very worked up.

We’ll only get it when all the EU member states agree.

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Dangerous bacteria found in plastic pollution on Latvian and Lithuanian coastline

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Scientists mapping plastic pollution on the Latvian and Lithuanian coastline have discovered high levels of dangerous bacteria, called vibrio. A project largely funded by the European Cohesion Policy, called, ESMIC, has found 736 pieces of litter on 100 metres of beach.

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Food fraud: how to be sure of the quality and safety of produce

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We must ‘regain control’ of AI, says French President Macron

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AI is a “remarkable transformation”, but using it to replace authors, creators or dubbing artists would be a “tremendous mistake”, Emmanuel Macron said at the first international summit on the future of cinema.

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Strasbourg school kid makes astrophysics discovery

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http://www.euronews.com/ Fifteen year old Neil Ibata has made a scientific discovery that may change the way we understand the nearest ‘large’ galaxy to our own – Andromeda.

The school boy from Strasbourg was doing an internship at the city’s astronomical observatory,
where his father works, when he came across the findings with a new computer programme he had just learnt how to use.

Admitting he hadn’t spent a hundredth of the time using the programme as his father, he says: “We calculated the distance and speed of this galaxy, which allowed me to model it. It was the conclusion of several weeks of work. But we can definitely say I had some beginners luck.”

The new study observes 13 smaller satellite galaxies orbiting around Andromeda in a way similar to how the planets in our solar system orbit around the sun. The galaxies are orbiting on a thin, pancake-like plane at a scale 900 million times larger than our own solar system.

The 15-year-old is featured on the cover of science journal Nature and named as a co-author of the study, however, he says he is not sure about whether he will one day become an astrophysicist.

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Activists urge early deal on EU citizens rights

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Activists and experts from the UK want the EU and Britain to protect citizens rights after Brexit.

The 3 million group represents EU migrants living in the UK and it is headed up by Anne-Laure Donskoy.

“We have seen a few job adverts which says British nationals only. People are being turned down for rent agreements, for example opening bank accounts, is becoming more difficult or sometimes opening loans, because the bank like to know whether the person will be allowed to stay in the UK or not…
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