I must admit to being moderately heartened by John Ashton's (special representative on climate change to 3 successive Foreign Secretaries) open letter opposing the proposed fracking in Lancashire's Fylde region (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/23/osborne-fracking-climate-change-democracy-twisted). It does seem that pressure is being exerted to push through the proposals in spite of the worries and the financial losses they impose on local residents. I suspect that the reported support of local college students for the drilling is largely on the basis of the claimed generation of jobs and local wealth (these have a remarkable habit of failing to materialise once activities get underway). Burning of the gas will do nothing to counter climate change.
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