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The Ardeche is mobilizing against the shale gas

Thousands of people converged Saturday Ardèche in the first national rally against the exploitation of shale gas, despite the announcement by the Minister of Environment of the suspension of work. Behind the slogan "No gazaran" between 10,000 and 20,000 people made the time one afternoon, the small village of Villeneuve-sur-Berg, the epicenter of the opposition increasing exploitation of gas trapped at 3,000 meters underground. On foot, bike, stroller, car or bus, a motley crowd and friendly, came from throughout France, gathered on a rest area beside the road, closed to traffic, to say "Stop shale gas." Below, the plain Mirabel, farms, vineyards, crops, camping. In the distance, the mountains so dear to Jean Ferrat. Here, "they may drill two wells" and erect a flare to burn the gas, said William Vermorel, caver and one of the initiators of the gathering.
"They"? Industrialists Schuepbach Energy and GDF-Suez, which has obtained a permit to explore 930 km2 around Villeneuve. Two other permits, called Nant (Aveyron) and Montelimar (Drôme), were granted in March 2010 by the services of the former environment minister, Jean-Louis Borloo. Before the revolt growing local and regional representatives, residents and environmentalists, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet announced in early February the suspension of exploration awaiting the findings of an evaluation mission of environmental issues, in June .

Main concerns of opponents: the pollution of groundwater and damage to business and rural tourism. To extract the gas, it is actually drill wells every 200 meters and inject millions of m3 of water mixed with sand and chemicals to free the gas particles. Even "the community has nothing to gain, except that it will maintain the roads damaged by trucks," insisted Mr Vermorel. To support their struggle, the various departmental group have also made Saturday morning at Valencia in national coordination. In the crowd, white beard and long hair, Alain Gibert, Mayor Rocles ecologist, says that "the same thing happening with GMOs: people are not consulted." And mayors either. Then, in his commune of 240 inhabitants Ardèche, he took as against GMOs, an order prohibiting the operation of the gas. To date, the prefecture has still not disputed. And cultivation of GMOs is prohibited in France.