The Telegraph: Government to offer cheaper energy bills to communities that don't oppose fracking
As part of plans to push ahead with the controversial practice, where by shale gas is forced out of the ground by blasting water into rocks, the coalition is considering a range of sweeteners for local communities.
While the biggest incentive would be cheaper household energy bills, communities who agree to shale-gas extraction in their area could also be offered funding for new sports club or community centres and other local amenities, according to the Financial Times.
The proposals will form part of the Government's paper on "community benefits", which will aim to convince people in northwest and southeast England to drop opposition to fracking. MORE