David Cameron’s New Definition of Fracking ‘Political Not Scientific’
Last week, DeSmog UK revealed how David Cameron’s government snuck a new definition of fracking onto the statute books. Kyla Mandel investigates where this definition actually came from.
The definition of hydraulic fracturing adopted by theUK coalition government has all the hallmarks of industry influence, finds DeSmog UK.
The fracking definition was slipped into thecontroversial Infrastructure Act without a chance forMPs to vote on it. And it is almost identical to thatrecommended by the European Commission in January 2014.
However, both of these definitions are based solely on the volume of fluid used during fracking and are closely aligned with the shale gas industry’s specific definition of hydraulic fracturing.
‘Political Definition’
Antoine Simon, extractive industries campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe, said: “Long story short, this is a political definition of fracking, but surely not a scientific one.”
According to the EU Recommendation ‘high-volume hydraulic fracturing’ means: “injecting 1,000 m3 or more of water per fracturing stage or 10,000 m3 or more of water during the entire fracturing process into a well.”
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