UK joins ‘gas rush’ despite pollution fears

Independent: A controversial new technique for drilling gas wells, which campaigners say has polluted water courses in America, is to be tried for the first time in Britain later this month. Supporters of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" say it could unleash so much gas across the globe that it will solve the energy crisis for the next century, as well as help reduce carbon emissions. But an Oscar-shortlisted documentary film, released in Britain later this month, claims the use of the process in America......

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