Helensburgh Advertiser: National park on the 'fracking frontlines'

An area of natural beauty which attracts thousands of visitors each year is on the ‘frontline’ of a controversial new mining policy.

That’s the view of one of the world’s leading environmental organisations after the UK Government licensed Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park for fracking exploration last week.

The announcement came as part of a nationwide round of licensing, which means exploratory drilling is now permitted in an area collectively covering around half the UK.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a controversial process used by some energy companies to uncover hard-to-reach fossil fuels by drilling down into the ground and then aiming a high pressure mixture at the earth to release minerals.
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