quebec moratorium

I'm sorry to spoil the party but its over for Quebec. The new report could take 2 years to complete.

No hydraulic fracturing - in which a mixture of water, sand and chemicals is injected into the ground at high pressure - should be allowed while the study is being carried out, unless it is for research purposes, said the four commissioners who prepared the report for the Bureau d'audiences publique sur l'environnement (BAPE).

Quebec Environment Minister Pierre Arcand released the 323-page report, prepared by the BAPE, in Montreal on Tuesday. The study being called for can take two years to complete.

http://www.globalmontreal.com/Quebec+government+puts+brakes+shale+drilling/4408960/story.html