Hydraulic fracturing, which is more commonly referred to as fracking, is a controversial topic that has attracted widespread media attention over recent months. It’s much maligned by environmental campaigners, who would rather renewable energy sources were used as opposed to fracking, which, while cleaner than coal, is nevertheless energy from a carbon source.
The Conservative government has pledged to ‘go all out’ for shale gas and fracking. In February this year, the Infrastructure Act 2015 received royal assent, which confirmed that rules related to trespass do not apply if access to land is required for fracking at depths greater than 300 metres.
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