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Shale gas : a provisional assessment of climate change and environmental  impacts / Ruth Wood, Paul Gilbert, Maria Sharmina, Kevin Anderson,  Anthony Footitt. A research report by The Tyndall Centre University of Manchester, Jan. 2011, 87 p.http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/sites/default/files/tyndall-coop_shale_gas_report_final_0.pdfResearchers at the Tyndall Centre at the University of Manchester  have investigated the environmental and climate change impacts of Shale  Gas – a new fossil fuel resource already developed in the US and being  considered for imminent extraction and use in the UK.The report demonstrates how the extraction of shale  gas risks seriously contaminating ground and surface waters. In this  regard alone, the commissioned report calls for a moratorium on shale  gas development until there is a much more thorough understanding of the  extraction process.More fundamentally, the report concludes that in an energy hungry  world, any new fossil fuel resource will only lead to additional carbon  emissions. In the case of shale gas there is also a significant risk its  use will delay the introduction of renewable energy alternatives.  "Consequently, if we are serious in our commitment to avoid dangerous  climate change, the only safe place for shale gas remains in the ground"  says Professor Kevin Anderson at the Tyndall Centre and the University  of Manchester. (© Tyndall Centre)