Concern and counter-concern : the challenge of fragmented fears for the reguation of hydraulic fracturing

Pearson, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0164-9499 and Lynch-Wood, G (2017) Concern and counter-concern : the challenge of fragmented fears for the reguation of hydraulic fracturing. Extractive Industries and Society, 4 (3). pp. 672-680. ISSN 2214-790X

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Abstract

Proposals to use the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract natural gas in the United Kingdom has been met with both opposition and support as has often been the case for new extractive industries exploring new techniques or applications thereof. An idiosyncratic feature of the debate surrounding hydraulic fracturing is however the seeming lack of congruence of the concerns raised by experts and civic opposition. The authors consider the potential implications of this fragmentation of fears surrounding the process for its future regulation.