North Meols and the surrounding areas are in the news at the moment as the hunt for shale gas takes off. The area, on Banks Marsh in the Ribble Estuary, which is part of the Bowland Basin, is currently the latest site for drilling and test fracking exploration by Cuadrilla Resources for this much heralded source of natural gas.
This was also the site this week of a meeting between local Southport councillor Sue McGuire and the new executive director of Friends of the Earth Andy Atkins, who was visiting the area to talk to FOE members and local residents about the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) about to take place here.
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| Sue & Andy Atkins pictured in a field near the Cuadrilla drilling rig |
As Sue explained "This is a huge issue here which I don't think local people have got to grips with yet. The economic arguments put forward by Cuadrilla must be weighed against the environmental costs of this type of gas exploration and fracking and so I was delighted to be given the opportunity to raise my concerns with Andy."
A local campaign group
Ribble Estuary Against Fracking also met with Andy.
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