"The Department of Energy and Climate Change report
recommending that shale gas exploration be allowed to continue says nothing
about water and air pollution, nor the consequences of shale on renewables and
our efforts to tackle climate change.
"The UK is the richest country in Europe in renewable
energy potential, but the new focus on gas threatens to displace investment in
those renewables, making it even harder to achieve our targets and nurture this
jobs-rich sector. A number of studies have shown the overall climate impact of
shale gas to be as great as that of coal..."
Read more in The Guardian here.
And my personal take on shale gas here.
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