Fracking

Hydraulic fracturing or Fracking is the process of utilizing pressurized water, chemical additives, and physical proppants to fracture rock layers and release petroleum, natural gas, or other substances so that they can be extracted. Environmental safety and health concerns about this process have emerged and are being debated.

Friends of the Earth's Executive Director Andy Atkins said:

"We don't need earth tremor-causing fracking to meet our power needs - we need a seismic shift in energy policy. Earth tremors aren't the only risks associated with fracking - it's also been linked to air and water pollution and produces gas that causes climate change.There should be a full scientific assessment of all the impacts of fracking - a short consultation on one of the problems is completely inadequate.We should be developing the huge potential of clean British energy from the sun, wind and waves, not more dirty and dangerous fossil fuels."

There are lots of interesting articles . Here are a few links:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17741416

http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/issues/fracking_background_information_33157.html.

You can comment on the DECC statement by May 25th 2012 via the link below

http://og.decc.gov.uk/en/olgs/cms/explorationpro/onshore/cuadrilla_decc/cuadrilla_decc.aspx