I WONDER if any of your readers are aware of the new law being prepared for the Queen’s Speech in May. It does away with the old common law right of trespass under your home.

This new legal right will allow onshore unconventional gas extraction companies to drill under properties and ‘frack’ the ground for methane.

This is not proven technology and Blackpool has recently suffered earthquakes and property damage.

In addition many insurance providers are questioning their ability to provide cover for buildings insurance. No building insurance, no mortgage, no moving house.

Many councils have given planning permission for Coal Bed Methane extraction. This is the planning ‘in’ for companies such as Igas, Dart, Cuadrilla and many others.

‘Fracking’ or hydraulic fracturing is a process of drilling deep holes underground, sometimes for many miles horizontally under urban areas. Then a cocktail of many hundreds of thousands of litres of water coupled with slicas and some dangerous chemicals is pumped in to break up the shale formation releasing methane gas.

In Australia and America many wells are leaking both gas and chemicals into the ground and underground water aquifers.

The ‘flowback water’ approximately 400 tankers worth is then too radioactive to dispose of through the drains. It needs specialist treatment but there are no facilities to do this.

Warrington has a coal bed methane plant run by Igas at Doe Green, Penketh.

There are also two council planning permissions in place for unconventional gas extraction at Waterworks Lane, Winwick and off Manchester Road, Woolston.

The Government has already admitted fracking will not reduce your gas bills, so really we and our children have to suffer all these problems just to make some money for the companies and Government via their DECC licence sales.

As my son tells me, anti-fracking is really a ‘no-brainer’. But don’t take my word for it, please research it yourself. If you agree please join the Facebook group antifrackingwarrington where likeminded people are trying to do something about it.

It’s our childrens’ future at stake.

Pete Roberts Warrington