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Reuters: South Africa's cabinet placed a moratorium on Thursday on oil and gas exploration licenses in the semi-arid Karoo region, where the controversial shale extraction technique of "fracking" might be deployed.
The Karoo is a vast and ecologically sensitive region that is high on the radar screen of conservationists.
"Cabinet has endorsed the decision by the department of minerals to invoke a moratorium on licenses in the Karoo, where fracking is proposed," the government said in a statement.
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South Africa invokes “fracking” moratorium in Karoo
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 21st, 2011
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