NS: Fracking panel unlikely to recommend continued moratorium – Daily Business Buzz

Continuing the moratorium will be a political decision, and the goal of the independent review is to help inform those decisions, says David Wheeler, who is currently leading the study on hydraulic fracturing.

[AMHERST, NS] – The provincial government should have an independent review on hydraulic fracturing in its hands sometime next month, and a continuation of Nova Scotia’s moratorium on the practice is not likely to be found on its pages.

That was the message from David Wheeler, who is leading the review, and spoke to those gathered for a public consultation meeting at Amherst Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

“The panel will not be recommending a moratorium, I do not believe,” Wheeler told the crowd of about 50 people crowded into council chambers.