The Shale Gas Rush
Monday 10th October 2011 from 16h30 to 17h45
Salle 2 / Grand Amphithéâtre
- Directed by
- Louis Faure
- Written by
- Jean-Pierre Rogel
- Produced by
- CBC, Radio Canada
Documentary, Canada, 2010, 44 min
A fad? No, a rush, everywhere in North America and the province of Quebec is among the targets.
There might be important reserves of natural gas in the Saint-Lawrence Lowlands of Quebec in Canada. The energetic and economic potential might be considerable. But to extract this gas, one must fracture the rock underground, a process with uncertain consequences. Shale gas… at what price for the environment?
A journalistic investigation that shook public opinion in Quebec.
Debate with :
- Patrick De Wever, MNHN geology professor, head of the national inventory of geological heritage
- Jean-Yves Reynaud, geologist, lecturer at the Muséum