Commenting on Energy Minister Michael Fallon's reported comments that fracking could cause houses' walls to shake, Friends of the Earth's Policy and Campaigns Director Craig Bennett said:

"Michael Fallon's unguarded comments will resonate across the UK and fuel more opposition to the Government's disastrous support for fracking.

"Ministers must pull the plug on shale gas and oil extraction, especially as there's plenty of evidence they won't lead to cheaper fuel bills.

"We need an energy policy based on cutting waste and developing the nation's huge renewable power potential - not one that wrecks our clean and pleasant land and pumps more pollution into our atmosphere."
 
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Notes to editors:

1.     Doomsday alert over fracking as minister warns of rectory walls quaking across Middle England if drilling continues - Mail on Sunday:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384191/Doomsday-alert-fracking-minister-warns-rectory-walls-quaking-Middle-England-drilling-continues.html#ixzz2azbvVXPs