The
general agreement among the citizens of Nottinghamshire is that hydraulic fracturing/fracking
is harmful to their community. Not only does fracking cause substantial harm to
the environment and contaminates local water springs, but the so-called
benefits of fracking are backed up by the shale gas companies IGas and Ineos’
deceptive rhetoric. I argue that the expansion of fracking links to the ongoing
investments in the UK energy market as a means of competing with international energy
markets. Moreover, I argue that as long as the investors have powerful
political allies on their side, they will ignore all opposition despite the
controversies surrounding fracking because they have the resources to do so.
This blog post aims to capture and discuss some of the essential developments
of the issue by addressing recent events happening in Nottinghamshire and
beyond.
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| Photo by Sheila |
