Leaders in Gloucestershire say they are 'alarmed' by Liz Truss lifting a nationwide fracking ban.
involves drilling into the earth and directing a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals at a rock layer in order to release the gas inside.Six deep boreholes have been drilled in the Cotswolds and Forest of Dean council areas between 1974 and 1990 to investigate promising rock structures at a depth that might contain hydrocarbons.
Mr Hodgkinson, Liberal Democrat county councillor for Bourton-on-the-Water and Northleach, said the Cotswolds had been identified as a place that had reserves of shale gas eight years ago, which caused concern locally that it would become a fracking location.now. It is a concern. "The Cotswolds is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and so there will be some protections, but if the Government decides to railroad this through, what will we be left with?"The risks of fracking have not gone away.Conservative group leader at Cotswold District Council Tony Berry said the general view among local Tories on fracking was mixed given theHe said: "We don't even want wind turbines. A lot would depend on where the fracking was.
Forest of Dean District Council climate emergency cabinet member Chris McFarling said he would put forward a motion to renew the local authority's stance that fracking was not welcome in the Forest. "It goes against our principle priorities of trying to address climate change and save biodiversity," he said.
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