“There Are Fewer Risks in Fracking; Social Mistrust Continues”

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The hydraulic fracture to extract gas, fracking, is not without risks, but technological and regulatory advances have allowed to reduce them in an important way, so it can no longer be considered a necessarily critical technique for the environment, said Fluvio César Ruiz Alarcón, an analyst of the energy sector and former professional adviser of Mexican Petroleum (Pemex).