A leaked shale gas report rocked French politics a couple of months ago. At the centre was the government’s decision to hide an analysis that outlined ways to explore this unconventional resource through an alternative to oft-contested hydraulic fracturing. Since shale gas exploration is banned in France, the decision about how to handle the report was doomed to turn controversial no matter what.
Today, the American company behind the technological proposal is looking for a fresh start. Eager to distance…