UK Activists Tell Energy Companies to Frack Off – November 7, 2011

Drilling Requests are Multiplying, but so are Anti-Fracking Campaigns

The environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” are already clear in the United States, with flammable drinking water being only the most dramatic illustration of the problems. Now fracking — which uses millions of gallons of high pressured water, sand, and chemicals to break apart (or crack) bedrock and release the natural gas it contains — is under trial on the other side of the Atlantic too.

Despite two associated minor earthquakes in the United Kingdom this summer, planning permission applications are beginning to multiply. But anti-fracking campaigns are multiplying too, with activists opposing planning applications locally as well as working to draw attention to the issue nationally.

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by: Juliet Kemp

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