New government guidelines to protect sensitive areas from the risks of fracking don't go far enough, according to Harry Huyton, the RSPB's head of climate change. Although the government has protected Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AoNBs), National Parks and World Heritage Sites, the guidelines stop short of safeguarding wildlife Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs).
The document also allows companies to apply for a licence to extract shale gas in AoNBs and National Parks under "exceptional circumstances", but fails to specify what those circumstances may be.
I simply do not trust the government....
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