Johann Westhauser
Vladimir Putin would like you to know he too opposes fracking
Imagine the foes of fracking and you’d probably put Greenpeace at the top of the list. But add Vladimir Putin too — someone who rarely sees eye-to-eye with the environmentalists. But he has his own reasons, not tied to saving the Earth. Meanwhile, there’s tension over US military actions in Iraq. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.Imagine the foes of fracking and you’d probably put Greenpeace at the top of the list. But add Vladimir Putin too — someone who rarely sees eye-to-eye with the environmentalists. But he has his own reasons, not tied to saving the Earth. Meanwhile, there’s tension over US military actions in Iraq. Those stories and more in today’s Global Scan.