Environmental risks of fracking
9 January 2015
The Committee will explore the economics and the justifications for fracking in the morning session, and the environmental risks in the afternoon session.
- Parliament TV: Environmental risks of fracking inquiry (morning session)
- Transcript: Environmental risks of fracking inquiry (morning session)
- Parliament TV: Environmental risks of fracking inquiry (afternoon session)
- Transcript: Environmental risks of fracking inquiry (afternoon session)
- Inquiry: Environmental risks of fracking inquiry
- Environmental Audit Committee
Witnesses
Wednesday 14 January 2015, The Wilson Room, Portcullis House.
Morning Session at 10.15am
- Tom Burke, Chair of E3G
- Professor Paul Stevens, Chatham House
- Dr John Broderick, Research Fellow, Tyndall Centre Manchester
Afternoon session at 2.15pm
- Dr Tony Grayling, Director of Sustainable Business and Development, Environment and Business, Environment Agency
- Mark Ellis Jones, Environment and Business Manager, Climate Change Energy & Emerging Issues, Environment Agency
- Jane Burston, Head of Centre for Carbon Measurement, National Physical Laboratory
At 3.05pm
- Lord (Chris) Smith, Chair of Task Force on Shale Gas
- Steve Thompsett, Director, UK Onshore Oil & Gas
The Committee will explore the economics and the justifications for fracking in the morning session, and the environmental risks in the afternoon session.