Manchester Evening News: Three quarters of Mancunians oppose fracking, an M.E.N survey finds

An overwhelming majority of Mancunians are against fracking, according to an exclusive M.E.N. survey.

We asked our readers for their opinions on the controversial process – and almost three-quarters of people living in Greater Manchester said they disagreed with it.

Fracking – or hydraulic fracturing – is the method of extracting gas from shale rock deposits underground by drilling a well and pumping a water and chemical mix down it at high pressure.  MORE