Greenpeace Energy Campaigner Lawrence Carter said:
“People’s apprehensions about fracking go well beyond earth tremors – communities are concerned about the industrialisation of the English countryside, including noise, increased traffic, falling house prices and environmental damage.
“Documents obtained by Greenpeace reveal the Environment Agency’s private fears over threats to drinking water near potential fracking sites in Sussex. (1) While in the US, the release of climate change gases around fracking sites has been found to be so high that shale gas could end up being as polluting as coal. (2)
“Everyone from Ofgem to BP agree UK shale gas won’t bring down bills, so fracking could end up being a lot of pain for very little gain. Instead we need to move towards a carbon free electricity system, which will be cleaner, safer and cheaper over time.”
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(1) https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/482162-rishale.html
(2) http://www.nature.com/news/air-sampling-reveals-high-emissions-from-gas-field-1.9982
