The Conservative pursuit of Fracking at the same time as its savaging of the renewable industry makes no sense at all. Fracking produces a fuel source that contributes to global warming. Renewable energy gives us enrgy time and time and time again without creating green house gas.

On 16 Dec Parliament considered
That the draft onshore hydraulic fracturing (protected areas) regulations 2015 which were laid before this house on 16 July be approved.
The vote was Ayes 298 Noes 261
The Ayes included Jacob Rees-Moggs and Ben Howlett the two Conservative MPs representing Bath and North East Somerset residents.
The Noes included 7 of our 8 Liberal Democrat MPs. John Pugh was not in the house for the vote.

This vote means that licenses to explore fracking at 159 blocks of land across the UK were granted on Thursday – a day after MPs approved fracking 1,200m underneath national parks.

At the same time –

The Government announcemed that subsidies for rooftop solar panels will be greatly reduced, and taxpayer-funded support for large scale solar projects will also be scrapped. What a tragic decision comiong so close as it does after the historic Paris climate change accords.

This is bad news for households, jobs and UK plans for tackling climate change. By the Government’s own estimates the cuts could cost between 9,700 and 18,700 jobs in the solar industry. Another wasted opportunity by this Conservative Government.