Fracking plans are driving an even more damaging ideological agenda

‘The UK’s insistence on opening up the UK to fracking is symptomatic of a deeper malaise, writes Paul Mobbs. Of course we need a change of government, but more than that, we need a deeper, enduring change of the nation’s governance if we are ever to effect the transition to sustainable policies on energy and environment. It’s time for the UK to become truly democratic.

Fracking is an unwarranted policy. But the ideological objectives behind these policies is far more significant than the process itself. The reality is that we cannot address one without addressing the other.

After more than five years of delay, relaunches and circuitous consultations, the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s 14th Landward Licensing Round concluded last Thursday.

DECC’s Oil and Gas Authority awarded the final 132 exploration and production licences; overall none of the 159 licences applied for were refused.’

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