Aberdeen Journal: "Wrong horse backed’ on fracking
The Government is “backing the wrong horse” in its policy on fracking and needs to invest further in renewables, a Lib Dem MP has warned.
Former home office minister Norman Baker argued shale gas extraction had been “over hyped” and could be “damaging rather than helpful” to the country.
The MP for Lewes said there was “significant doubt” as to whether or not the reserves of potentially usable shale gas and shale oil were going to be as “exhaustive and extensive as the Government has maintained”.