Campaigners condemn fracking announcement

Fracking is inefficient and requires wholesale devastation of the countryside.

Campaigners have described a Government decision to give fracking the green light as a ‘hideous mistake’.

Last week the Government announced an end to the moratorium on fracking which had been in place since 2019.

The moratorium did not stop oil exploration applications in Sussex in all their unconventional fracking and acidising guises.

However, CPRE Sussex believes this apparent endorsement from the Government further jeopardises our precious green spaces and our crucial commitment to reducing the rate of climate change.

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