We can extract oil from shale.

我们可以从页岩中提取石油。

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If we could extract that crude, accurately termed "shale oil" it would amount to a huge resource.

如果我们能够开采出这类准确的说法叫做“页岩油”的原油，那将是一项庞大的自然资源。

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But it inflamed environmental groups who say the technology used to extract shale gas is environmentally damaging.

但是该发现也激起了环保团体的反对。他们认为用于提取页岩天然气的技术会破坏环境。

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The group says forcing water and chemicals deep into shale deposits to extract gas threatens drinking water and the environment.

WSJ: NY fracking foes: will become lobby if necessary

It's dawning on a lot of MPs that they could well have to deal with proposals to bring "fracking", the controversial process to extract shale gas from rocks, in their constituencies.

BBC: Week ahead in committees

He said the BNP was campaigning to lower bills in an attempt to reduce fuel poverty and that, particularly in the North West, its opposition to the process of "fracking" to extract shale gas should prove popular.

BBC: BNP logo