The group says forcing water and chemicals deep into shale deposits to extract gas threatens drinking water and the environment.

WSJ: NY fracking foes: will become lobby if necessary

It's dawning on a lot of MPs that they could well have to deal with proposals to bring "fracking", the controversial process to extract shale gas from rocks, in their constituencies.

BBC: Week ahead in committees

He said the BNP was campaigning to lower bills in an attempt to reduce fuel poverty and that, particularly in the North West, its opposition to the process of "fracking" to extract shale gas should prove popular.

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