Save the planet, stop fracking!
On 8 October, a scientists’ panel convened by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, after surveying more than 6,000 scientific studies, reported that the world is on course for catastrophic warming by the end of the century, due to carbon emissions. And this same week the first UK site for “horizontal fracking” looks set to start in Lancashire. “Fracking” pumps pressurised liquid deep underground to fracture rock, releasing natural gas. “Horizontal fracking” also drills sideways, accessing larger underground areas. Globally, fracking puts more fossil fuels into circulation; is...