moss wrote:
Its the Mendips we should be worried about as well, the two companies apparently have covered a 'large area of ground' between Priddy and Bath!
I cannot believe that it would happen in all that beautiful countryside;(...
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Truly-enormous-gas-extraction-bid/story-12741040-detail/story.html
Tim Yeo quote..
"There appears to be nothing inherently dangerous about the process of fracking itself and as long as the integrity of the well is maintained shale gas extraction should be safe."
Yes we have heard that one before, at least Tessa Munt is against it.
Thanks for the link.
This is appalling, not only for it's serious environmental and health concerns wherever it is increasingly undertaken, but also for the sheer insurmountable insanity it demonstrates.
The BBC are onto it, so let's how public awareness builds:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-15099549
As for the many dangers of fracking to human and ecological health, contaminated water supplies, including radiation risks in one report, and increased earthquake risks in Arkansas in another :
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/732908/uk_urged_to_ban_controversial_fracking_gasextraction.html
