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  • The fight to protect The Forest of Dean from fracking is on!

TOXIC LEGACY OF ‘ORPHANED` FRACKING WELLS YET ANOTHER WARNING FOR UK

Posted on January 9, 2016 by John Gray

Previous waves of drilling have already littered the world with millions of orphaned wells, abandoned by their original owners, with many spewing toxic pollutants into the environment, and massive clean up costs falling on taxpayers, a situation which fracking is making far worse

Latest media coverage: http://www.wral.com/concern-mounts-over-idle-natural-gas-drilling-pads/15211181/

More on ‘orphaned wells’ here: https://frack-off.org.uk/mounting-evidence-the-harm-caused-by-fracking/#orphans

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Industry’s `flagship` fracking sites inundated in recent flooding
The fight to protect The Forest of Dean from fracking is on!

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