France - It most certainly ain't over here yet.

If you read French this will alarm you................................
http://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news/gaz-schiste-hydrocarbures-permis-bloques-renouvellement-vermilion-24021.php4

Translate in Google Translate if not.

All warming up for the inevitable change of government here. Ed.

Algerian protests

We note the current unrest in Algeria close to the town of Salah where the population are protesting against the planned fracking activity just a few kilometres away. Residents are concerned about the risk to health and likely contamination of water sources on the edge of the Sahara. Heavy-handed policing and the isolation of the community by cutting off internet and mobile access are all signs of a desperate regime. Many police have been injured, some seriously as have members of the government's opposition. With oil exports seriously dented by the recent dramatic fall in prices the moves smack of panic. Ed.

Algeria - Violent protests against shale gas extraction continue.

In images.......................................

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=algerian+protests+against+shale+gas&biw=1024&bih=688&tbm=isch&imgil=8pD3HMCP-ac9pM%253A%253Bce4v7styxZ5R7M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fnews.xinhuanet.com%25252Fenglish%25252Fphoto%25252F2015-02%25252F25%25252Fc_134015249.htm&source=iu&pf=m&fir=8pD3HMCP-ac9pM%253A%252Cce4v7styxZ5R7M%252C_&usg=__scWlNSyExIge3tyllZOHrymXFEc%3D&ved=0CCoQyjc&ei=SWf9VLCeKMmtafDsgig#imgrc=8pD3HMCP-ac9pM%253A%3Bce4v7styxZ5R7M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fnews.xinhuanet.com%252Fenglish%252Fphoto%252F2015-02%252F25%252F134015249_14248218994821n.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fnews.xinhuanet.com%252Fenglish%252Fphoto%252F2015-02%252F25%252Fc_134015249.htm%3B900%3B598

A film that the UK Government does not want you to see.

First in Yorkshire and then...................?
https://www.facebook.com/britainandirelandfrackfree/photos/a.450730781619619.127432.412063865486311/1085617648130926/?type=1&theater

France - UMP still trying to bend their own law.

Fortunately, the French Senate is not having any of it.............................
http://lenergiedavancer.com/des-senateurs-ump-relancent-le-debat-sur-le-gaz-de-schiste/2015/02/24/

Poland - It's all over now - baby.

Another misadventure....................

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/12/polands-shale-gas-revolution-evaporates-in-face-of-environmental-protests

Algeria doesn't like fracking much either.

Algeria: Violence Erupts at Protest Over Shale Gas Drilling Project

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/world/africa/algeria-violence-erupts-at-protest-over-shale-gas-drilling-project.html?_r=0