It seems that the oil and gas fracking industry doesn't like independent studies. Notice this excerpt:
Last August, a Right to Information request submitted by me and reported in the Brisbane Times revealed that the state's government [Australia] was prepared to rely on industry-funded research when it came to understanding the industry's carbon footprint.And this:
The Federal Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has also waved away suggestions that the government should commission its own independent research into CSG emissions, and was reported as saying such a study was "unnecessary".