Mexico’s president is considering fracking, as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on natural gas from the United States.
Seventy five percent of the natural gas used in Mexico comes from the United States, government officials in Mexico said at a Wednesday press conference.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country should start trying to extract the gas deep underneath its own soil, a process known as hydraulic fracturing — or fracking.
The former climate scientist steered clear of that word while presenting the proposal. She said Mexico would avoid the environmental impacts of fracking as much as possible.
“If we don’t do anything, we’re just going to keep importing more,” Sheinbaum said.
A coalition of Mexican environmental groups says Sheinbaum’s proposal represents a reneging of campaign commitments not to develop fracking in Mexico — and that “sustainable” methods of the process don’t exist.
The exploration of fracking in Mexico comes as the Iran war disrupts energy supply chains globally.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called the recent reports from CNN and the New York Times “a fiction the size of the universe.” -
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