UK fracking decision is nothing short of hypocrisy | Damian Carrington

The UK government supports unproven, climate-polluting and unpopular fracking, while undermining proven, clean and popular renewablesSpot the difference. Fracking, which is climate-polluting and unproven in the UK, gets “all-out” government backing, with ministers steamrolling over local opposition. Onshore windfarms, proven to be low-cost and low-carbon, get undermined by the government, with local opposition given power to block applications.The decision by the communities secretar