Guardian: Fracking operations to extract shale gas in Britain could cause nearby house prices to fall by up to 7% and create a risk of environmental damage, according to a government report that has been published in full for the first time.
Entitled Shale Gas Rural Economy Impacts, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) document was released on Wednesday after a freedom of information battle.
An official assessment of the impact of fracking, it warned that leakage of waste fluids......
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Fracking could hurt house prices, health and environment, official report says
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 2nd, 2015
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