11 May 2022
As the UK Government has again come down in favour of oil and gas lobbyists to order a new report into the impact of fracking, the residents of Preston New Road and the anti-fracking movement are back on alert.
The people of Preston New Road and the surrounding areas of Blackpool and Preston would say they already know what the outcome would be: more seismic events, ongoing disruption, industrialisation of agricultural land, risks to water sources, a huge surge in road traffic and heavy vehicles, methane burn off or venting and undoubtedly and determinedly, more protests. They’ve been opposing this industry since 2011 and won this fight twice – they’re not going to concede.
Our Green MP, Caroline Lucas, articulated the real challenge to the Minister in the House of Commons last month: “I think the Government is right to get us off Russian oil and gas, but wrong to replace it with domestic fossil fuels. After all, it is dependence on oil and gas that has got us into the energy crisis in the first place. The Government is fond of claiming we can’t just turn off the taps – but we can’t just turn them on either! We need an emergency green revolution and widescale energy efficiency – not fracking and more North Sea oil.”
Full article in Green World, by Lancaster City Councillor and Lancashire County Councillor Gina Dowding and Lancashire Anti-fracking Nana and Green Party Member Tina Rothery.
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