Lancashire County Councillors had the good sense to reject an application to start fracking at a site on the Fylde coast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-33313084
I hope their counterparts in Somerset come to a similar conclusion if necessary. I am entirely in agreement with the views of Jenny Knight whose letter on the subject was published in the Western Daily Press on May 2nd this year in the run up to the General Election.
Historic Bath cannot be a site for fracking.
The Conservative and Liberal Democrat Government has been selling licences to companies interested in researching the viability of fracking in this country.
One of these licences is just 12 miles from Bath.
The possibility of any kind of “investigation” going down and under the City of Bath does not bear thinking about. But we must – or it will affect the delicate spa water system and the fabric of our historic buildings. As a candidate in the general election standing for the English Democrats in Bath I will be fighting against plans to frack anywhere but especially not near Bath.
The English Democrats Party and the Greens are opposed to fracking. The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Ukip have all approved the idea of fracking in their manifestos.
The environmental impact from the extraction process and safety and health concerns about hydraulic fracking emerged in the 1980s and are still not resolved. France upholds its ban on fracking but there are French companies buying licences to explore potential sites in England.
It is time to put Bath/England first.
Jenny Knight
English Democrats Party parliamentary candidate for Bath
No comments:
Post a Comment