Type “fracking” into Google and you’ll get almost 6 million search results. It’s a huge concern, so why do so few of us know about it, particularly given that it’s supposed to solve all our energy problems?
The mainstream media is controlled by the very corporations who stand to make all the money if fracking in the UK goes ahead and therefore have a vested interest in keeping the population in the dark about it’s dangers. The best way to see the bigger picture is to do your own research.
We’ve compiled a set of useful links to get you started, but do search around to find out the full picture and remember… don’t believe everything you read!
- Watch the film “Gasland”
- Fracking is coming to the UK
- Earthquakes in vicinity of Blackpool frack test site
- Guardian fracking infographic
- What is shale gas?
- What is hydraulic fracturing (fracking)?
- Fracking causes radioactive contamination
- What fracking does to your food supply
- Frack fluid spills in the United States
- My Water’s On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)
- Shale gas: a provisional assessment of climate change and environmental impacts
- Environmental Working Group: Cracks in the Façade
- Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations
