Open AccessINDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE SHALE GAS PROBLEM
Author(s) -
Alexander Sadovski
Publication year - 2013
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.32006/eeep.2013.34.124133
Subject(s) - christian ministry , agency (philosophy) , bulgarian , control (management) , political science , environmental consulting , environmental planning , business , engineering , environmental protection , management , sociology , economics , geography , law , environmental management system , ecology , social science , linguistics , philosophy , irrigation , biology
The purpose of this paper is to make an independent review of the evidence on the use of shale gas. The author was Deputy Director General of the Environmental Research and Information Centre of the Ministry of Environment in the period 1987 -1992, and the head of the EU PHARE Environmental sector programme. As a leading expert from the Bulgarian side has participated in the development of the Environmental Strategy of Bulgaria together with a team from the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for Environmental Protection. Author of the UDF Environment Programme (1991) and he is convinced that NGOs, environmental clubs and other social forces can play an important role with respect to the active development of new environmental ethics and conduct public control over the activities of executive power. Simultaneously, it is necessary to take into account scientific evidences and new scientific and technical developments in other countries.