South Wales Evening Post: AMs show support for fracking moratorium call

AMs in Swansea and South West Wales have indicated support for a moratorium on unconventional gas exploration in Wales.

The Post canvassed opinion ahead of a demonstration at the Senedd by a coalition on September 24.

The environmental groups involved will urge Assembly Members to sign a moratorium motion until unconventional gas extraction has been proven to be safe elsewhere in the UK and not threaten UK carbon budgets.

Unconventional gas exploration covers technologies including hydraulic fracturing - dubbed fracking - which is widespread in the US, and underground coal gasification, which has been proposed for the Loughor Estuary.  MORE