Rogan, T. (2015,Feburary 3). Russia’s War on Fracking. Retrieved on March 1, 2015 from http://www.nationalreview.com/article/397755/russias-war-fracking-tom-rogan.
Over the past few months fracking in Russia has become a heated debate. However, using natural gas instead of oil would hurt the Russian economy because oil is one of their biggest exports. Putin has been funneling money to anti-fracking environmental groups, spying of America’s alternative energy research, and pushing anti-fracking propaganda. And fracking restrictions in Europe are becoming more and more strict.
Putin has his own agenda, however he is also helping the environmentalists in the US fight their battle. Putting does not care much for the environment, he is completely motivated by the money being brought into Russia. This may be all a conspiracy, but there is evidence to support that Russia is looking to the past for ideas. After the Cold War in the 1980’s Russia successfully launched a campaign that painted the US as the manufacturer of AIDS, there is little to stop them from doing this again.
It is interesting that Putin is playing such power politics that he blatantly supports fracking under his economy and funds those who oppose it in America. Could heavy Russian fracking have environmental consequences for the rest of the world?
How interesting! It’s almost a little bit like that movie, Promised Land with Matt Damon- if you haven’t seen it, you need to after covering your topic. The Russians definitely have ways of getting things done. Hope you found your topic interesting Grace. Thanks for all the well written abstracts.