US corporate lobbyists on UK shale gas prognosis

[Paul Mobbs]

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US-based corporate lobbyists ReedSmith have just produced a digest on how they 
see the UK shale gas situation developing. Reed Smith LLP 
{http://www.reedsmith.com/} is a global law firm, with more than 1,600 lawyers 
in 23 offices throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. 
The firm is known for its activity in advising companies across a broad array 
of industry sectors including: financial services, life sciences, health care, 
advertising, technology and media, shipping, energy trade and commodities, 
real estate, manufacturing and education.

My favourite paragraph from their review:
"Given the UK's size and relatively crowded state, it seems likely that the 
industry will face a strong environmental lobby against shale gas exploration 
and production. For many decades the UK has experienced protests to 
infrastructure projects. Such pressure groups have previously successfully 
defeated planning applications for wind turbine installation and have resorted 
to mass protest to block controversial road building."

Let's make their claims come true?!!

You can find the full report at --
http://www.reedsmith.com/publications.cfm?cit_id=32485&widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&usecache=false


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