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Environmental risks of fracking

9 January 2015

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The Committee will explore the economics and the justifications for fracking in the morning session, and the environmental risks in the afternoon session.

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.

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