Anti-fracking activists placed adverts in Leeds bus-stops stating that thousands of gallons of fracking fluid could be headed for the city. This overnight action was part of a national ‘Break the Chain’ fortnight, which also saw protesters suspended by swings above a quarry in Carnforth for eleven hours and residents walking 120 miles in an area where a fracking licence was granted. Lancashire and Yorkshire are concerned that wastewater from potential fracking sites could enter local treatment works. This week 250 people attended a protest rally near the UK's first horizontal fracking site, and earlier this month the Government was taken to court about its permitting Cuadrilla to test fracking sites in the UK. On Monday Nottinghamshire planning officers will publish recommendations for another shale gas well.
Fracking in the UK
Written by David Fletcher 31 Mar 2017Additional Info
- Pray: for God to lead the Government and councils to review and examine the effects of fracking in this island. May He limit the damage the fractures have already caused in the ground, and stop exploitative acts by commerce. (Ps. 60:2)
- More: www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/12/anti-fracking-protesters-take-government-to-court-in-lancashire
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