{"id":5686,"date":"2015-02-14T07:47:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T12:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=5686"},"modified":"2015-02-14T07:47:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T12:47:46","slug":"fracking-go-ahead-for-national-parks-as-controversial-infrastructure-act-becomes-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=5686","title":{"rendered":"Fracking Go-ahead For National Parks as Controversial Infrastructure Act Becomes Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2015\/02\/12\/fracking-go-ahead-national-parks-controversial-infrastructure-act-becomes-law\" target=\"_blank\">Fracking Go-ahead For National Parks as Controversial Infrastructure Act Becomes Law<\/a><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Weak fracking rules have officially been enshrined in law as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmog.uk\/2015\/01\/15\/duty-maximise-oil-and-gas-dangerous-addition-infrastructure-bill\" target=\"_blank\">controversial<\/a>Infrastructure Bill\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/infrastructure-act-will-get-britain-building\" target=\"_blank\">became an act<\/a>last\u00a0night.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The new act will see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/energydesk.greenpeace.org\/2015\/02\/12\/actually-protected-fracking-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">national parks and groundwater protection zones at risk<\/a>from fracking as the government backtracked on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmog.uk\/2015\/01\/27\/mps-overwhelming-reject-moratorium-fracking\" target=\"_blank\">amendments agreed only weeks ago<\/a>\u00a0to increase the safety of hydraulic fracturing for shale\u00a0gas.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Amber Rudd, energy minister at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (<span class=\"caps\">DECC<\/span>),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2015-02-11a.899.2&amp;m=40318#g907.1\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>: \u201cIn the case of areas of outstanding natural beauty and national parks, given their size and dispersion, it might not be practical to guarantee that fracking will not take place under them in all cases without unduly constraining the\u00a0industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She was supported by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmog.uk\/2015\/01\/17\/tory-keeps-schtum-about-oil-investment-during-parliamentary-climate-change-debate-guess-what-happened-next\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Lilley<\/a>, a self-described \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2012\/oct\/25\/peter-lilley-climate-change-quotes?intcmp=239\" target=\"_blank\">global lukewarmist\u2019<\/a>Conservative\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">MP<\/span>, who said fracking should be \u00a0\u201cpursued\u00a0energetically\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Conservative\u00a0Votes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The weak fracking\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.publications.parliament.uk\/pa\/cm201415\/cmhansrd\/cm150211\/debtext\/150211-0004.htm#150211100000002\" target=\"_blank\">rules were passed by the House of Commons last night<\/a>\u00a0in a vote of 257 to 203 with f<a href=\"http:\/\/drillordrop.com\/2015\/02\/11\/fracking-conditions-how-mps-voted-in-tonights-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\">ive Conservative\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">MP<\/span>s<\/a>\u00a0defying the government\u2019s stance on\u00a0fracking.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fracking Go-ahead For National Parks as Controversial Infrastructure Act Becomes Law Weak fracking rules have officially been enshrined in law as the\u00a0controversialInfrastructure Bill\u00a0became an actlast\u00a0night. The new act will see\u00a0national parks and groundwater protection zones at riskfrom fracking as the government backtracked on\u00a0amendments agreed only weeks ago\u00a0to increase the safety of hydraulic fracturing for shale\u00a0gas. 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