Solidarity with Bulgarian Anti-Fracking Protests

In London around 60 Bulgarians, supported by British anti-fracking campaigners, turned on a chilly winter's evening to show support for the struggle against fracking in Bulgaria, with a candlelit vigil. The practice of hydraulic fracturing, pumping millions of gallons of water, sand and toxic chemical into the ground under massive pressure to shatter the rocks and release trapped gas, has been linked to a string of environmental problems including water contamination and earthquakes in addition to exasabating climate change.

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