British public support for fracking sinks to lowest ever level

Long-running YouGov poll shows support for shale gas extraction at 37.3% – just as industry gears up to begin drillingThe British public’s support for fracking has fallen sharply in the last year and is now at the lowest level ever, according to a long-running poll published as the industry gears up to begin drilling.New polling by YouGov for the University of Nottingham, which has been tracking attitudes towards shale gas extraction for more than four years, shows support for fracki