Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru AM for North Wales, said:
"The UK Government's decision to extend licensing for hydraulic fracturing - fracking - for shale gas and coal bed methane affects about two thirds of households in Wales."Mr Gruffydd said:
"Many people who live in Denbighshire will be affected by this development.Marc Jones, Plaid Cymru’s candidate in the Westminster elections next year, said:
"It will allow fracking under our homes and could see gas wells being sunk within a few hundred metres from people's homes and, unbeknown to householders, the drilling taking place directly under their homes.
"Fracking involves pumping a cocktail of chemicals, some of which are carcinogenic, up to 3000 metres underground to shatter the rock and release pockets of gas.
"It means wasting millions of gallons of water in a process that has the potential to contaminate underground water supplies. That's why Plaid Cymru wants to stop this old-fashioned method of extraction of fossil fuels.
"If we are serious about protecting the environment for our children, as well as avoiding earthquakes and pollution, we must reject fracking and creating a greener Wales. This will also secure work in the clean energy industry.
"Wales has huge potential to develop renewable energy jobs and the economy through clean energy - whether it’s solar, hydro and lagoons - as opposed to fracking."
"Fracking is banned in parts of Australia, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Yet the UK Government is busy passing laws to allow corporations to drill under our homes without our permission.• Towns and villages affected by new fracking licences include: Rhyl, Bodelwyddan, Rhuddlan, Bodfari, Llanelwy, Trefnant, Llandyrnog, Rhuthun, Llanferres, Llandegla, Llanarmon, Llangollen
“We need a strong voice locally to oppose these new schemes."
Please sign this petition to oppose fracking in Denbighshire.
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