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Poll results: large majority of Left Foot Forward readers opposed to fracking
83 per cent of you are against fracking, according to our poll.
Fracking for shale gas: Hancock’s half-truths
The new energy minister calls shale “the holy grail” of energy policy. He’s probably right. It’s a mythical object that no-one’s found, and over time just has increasing comedy-value.
Combining road building and fracking is a toxic combination
Ministers have chosen to combine roadbuilding and fracking in a single toxic piece of legislation.
Why the government is resorting to increasingly desperate measures on fracking
People are right to still be concerned about fracking.
The British public can see fracking is no answer
Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party, argues that David Cameron's desperation to "sell" fracking to a reluctant nation is making him look like a second-hand car salesman with a real clunker on his hand
Today’s announcement on fracking has tilted the balance further in favour of fossil fuels
Today George Osborne more than halved the amount of tax the UK’s nascent shale gas industry will need to pay, from 62 per cent to 30 per cent.