It's Only a Tiny Earthquake!

It's amazing how accommodating this government can be to fracking! Apparently, you are not allowed to object to it happening in your 'back-yard' (or even under your own property) but a minister appears 'minded' to reduce the requirement of frackers to cease activity when seismic shocks at 'low' levels result (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/09/uk-fracking-rules-on-earthquakes-could-be-relaxed-says-minister). The actual 'earthquakes' may well be low level but they surely indicate that a disturbance is occurring in shale beds (and water courses?) in the locality. The response seems greatly at variance with their current support for the 'property concerns' of home owners in the south who don't want wind turbines sited near their properties!