RE: SHALE GAS DRILLING.
I am writing to ask you to sign
and support EDM 2159.
The text is " That this house believes a
moratorium should
be placed on onshore exploration, development
and
production of coal bed methane, shale oil and shale gas by
withdrawing UK licences for hydraculic fracturing
(fracking),
at least until the publication of a detailed
environmental impact assesment
into the practice; notes
that hydraulic fracturing can cause the
contamination of
local water sources such as aquifiers, which
provide
about 30 per cent of the UKs water; further notes that
amongst a variety of adverse environmental impact,
the process
of fracking can cause serious well blowouts
which put both workers and local
communities at risk;
does not consider that the production of hard
to reach
fossil fuels is compattibile with efforts to achieve
the
statutory UK carbon budgets; and therefore. urges the
Government instead to give greater support to the
generation
of energy from renewable sources."
Please support this EDM
as further shale gas drilling
in The UK would put our environmental
and future
water supplies at serious risk. The planning
Application
for Shale Gas Drilling at Woodnesborough will be
decided
by KCC in the near future it is crucial that you now add your
voices to those of us that have serious concerns about
the
exploratory application.
Stuart Cox, Group Coordinator
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