Victory on fracking
We won the fight against fracking, and community action was the key to victory. Why not do something amazing in your community?
Join a Climate Action groupWhat is fracking?
Fracking is a process used to extract shale gas or shale oil. Both are fossil fuels that emit greenhouse gases when burnt, contributing to climate breakdown.
Shale rock has to be fractured to get to the gas or oil – this is known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking for short. A mixture of water, sand and chemicals is pumped down the well at very high pressure. This fractures the rock and when the pressure is released, the gas or oil flows back up the well.
Fracking has also triggered many small earthquakes in the UK.

You can be in favour of fixing the climate. Or you can be in favour of exploiting shale gas. But you can’t be in favour of both at the same time.
John Ashton, former envoy for climate change at the UK Foreign Office

Why we don’t need fracking (or coal)

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We won the fight against fracking, and community action was the key to victory. Why not do something amazing in your community?
Join a Climate Action group