Sunday, 13 February 2022

Cuadrilla Guerillas?

No sooner had Cuadrilla announced it was ceasing its fracking in Lancashire, than a group of Conservative MPs, plus a Member of the House of Lords, call for its resumption (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/13/david-frost-joins-tory-mps-in-calls-for-return-of-fracking-in-uk). The group maintain that, extracting domestic shale gas, would give the UK a 'competitive and reliable source of energy'. In their world, cash always trumps environmental issues. So, never mind runaway climate change; earth tremors; disturbance; increased levels of disease and early deaths. These would all occur far away from Westminster!

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