Botswana Government Admits to Fracking

press release

After a week of denials, the Botswana government finally admitted yesterday that fracking operations have taken place in the country - a fact uncovered by a new film, the High Cost of Cheap Gas, and first exposed in the Guardian.

In a statement issued by the Office of the President, the government announced that "Permission has been given in some instances in the past for the use of industrial explosives in sub-surface fracturing, which some may view as a type of 'fracking'."

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