The Press: Fracking Wells Need Experts "Crawling All Over Them", MP Warns (England)

Fracking wells in North Yorkshire would need to have expert inspectors "crawling all over them", according to a county MP.

Kevin Hollinrake, who represents Thirsk and Malton, has written a report after he visited a US state where fracking has proliferated since 2008.

His Ryedale constituency could become a centre of shale gas extraction in the UK and energy company Third Energy have already applied to start work at Kirby Misperton, but the controversial practice has garnered heavy opposition from locals and environmental campaigners.

The MP travelled to Pennsylvania last month to see what impact fracking had in the area - which he says shares many similarities with rural Ryedale.

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