"The government has fired the starting gun on a reckless race for shale that could see fracking rigs go up across the British countryside, including in sensitive areas such as those covering major aquifers ..." [This includes national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs)]. Find the report in the UK's The Guardian newspaper here. Included in the report is a map of where hydraulic fracturing (fracking) may well proceed.
Fracking is also a grim potential in South Africa where, despite evidence of the environmental Armageddon to follow, fracking continues to be spoken about by zombie-looking politicians, as a "game changer", politicians who have surely forgotten what the earth feels like under bare feet, or the taste of pure water in the mouth.
Read the other side of the story on websites like those of Treasure The Karoo Action Group (TKAG). Shale gas mining is (1) unsustainable (2) water thirsty (3) poses environmental risk.
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