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Environmental Management of Shale Gas Development in China: Status and Challenges

Received: 28 November 2020     Accepted: 12 January 2021     Published: 22 January 2021
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Abstract

Shale gas, as a clean energy, can save and substitute for a lot of coal and oil resource, reduce carbon emissions and further improve ecological environment. However, gas shale exploration has led to cause environmental issues such as air pollution, water pollution and ecological destruction etc., Through the method of literature study, social investigation and systematic analysis, the main challenges for the shale gas exploitation were studied, including the research on environmental impact of the shale gas development is not deep enough, pollution control technologies are still immature, and development techniques for deep shale gas aren’t master yet. The environmental management practices of shale gas development were systematically sorted out. First, strengthening basic research and key technologies tackling. Second, optimizing development planning and sequence of shale gas, promoting strategic environmental impact assessment and planning environmental impact assessment, the third, clarifying the management ideas and system of environmental impact assessment (EIA) and strengthen EIA supervision. The main problems still to be solved in the environmental protection of shale gas development, advices on both technical and management will be proposed, and it will offer experience for the shale gas exploring in China.

Published in International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijepp.20210901.11
Page(s) 1-4
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Keywords

Shale Gas, Environmental Impact Analysis, Countermeasure, Environmental Problem

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  • School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

  • School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu, China

  • School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

  • School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu, China

  • School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu, China

  • School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu, China

  • School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu, China

  • School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu, China

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