Sustainable Development versus Prospecting and Extraction of Shale Gas

Aneta Duda


Department of Teaching Methods and Strategies, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin (Poland)

Justyna Gołębiowska


Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin (Poland)

Agnieszka Żelazna


Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin (Poland)


Abstract

Energy issues are very important for our civilization. Taking into account the perspective of sustainability a lot of attention is devoted to the sources of primary Energy characterized with low emission. Among them shale gas has gained in importance as the primary energy source.

The paper presents the role of shale gas in the implementation of the main paradigm of sustainable development, i.e. the intergenerational equity. As the reference, the necessity of implementing water intakes monitoring has been pointed out.


Keywords:

sustainable development, shale gas, water pollution

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2016-01-04

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Duda, A., Gołębiowska, J., & Żelazna, A. (2016). Sustainable Development versus Prospecting and Extraction of Shale Gas. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 11(1), 177–180. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4973

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Aneta Duda 

Department of Teaching Methods and Strategies, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin Poland

Authors

Justyna Gołębiowska 

Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin Poland

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Agnieszka Żelazna 

Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin Poland

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