Thousands protest Chevron's shale gas plans in Romania

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Thousands protest Chevron's shale gas plans in Romania

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-protest-chevrons-shale-gas-plans-romania-163057966--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hf83GFtwmpwaG0yMxS4JFg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-04T163057Z_1_CBRE93319VQ00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-ROMANIA-SHALE-CHEVRON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People attend a protest against Chevron's plans to explore for shale gas in Barlad" align="left" title="People attend a protest against Chevron's plans to explore for shale gas in Barlad" border="0" /></a>By Ioana Patran BARLAD, Romania (Reuters) - Thousands of Romanians across the country protested on Thursday against Chevron's plans to explore for shale gas, demanding the country's leftist government withdraw concessions and ban drilling of the U.S. company's first test wells. About 500 rallied in the town of Barlad on the eastern border with Moldova where Chevron has a nearby 1.6 million acre concession, some wearing gas masks, many chanting &quot;Chevron go home. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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