Gazette Herald: Fracking concerns as drilling licences are issued for sites around York, North and East Yorkshire

AN MP has spoken of her worries about fracking after it emerged that several drilling licences have already been issued for sites in her constituency near York.

Gas companies have been awarded licences by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to explore for shale gas in several areas of North and East Yorkshire.

They include sites between Easingwold and the western edge of York, to the north, north-east and north-west of Malton, in the Pickering area, between Scarborough and Helmsley, and to the south-west of Pocklington.  MORE