WITH reference to both “Alarm as peers say: Let’s get fracking” by Rob Merrick and Joe Willis and the editorial comment (Echo, May 8), I thought that the views of Greenpeace may be of interest.

The group’s website gives a full and comprehensive view with many links which are very informative and useful. I could not even attempt to put all this information into a short letter or article which covers all aspects of fracking.

But I believe it helps people to make their own decisions on the fors and againsts. It is probably more informative than the opinions of the noble lords, Howlett, McGregor and Shipley.

I have lived through decades where jobs and money were considered more important than the health of people and the environment.

I can, therefore, in all conscience say that it was the wrong decision that was made then and, if followed through, will be the wrong decision for future generations to allow fracking now.

With all the knowledge that has been gained over the past few decades regarding global warming, fracking is not going to help us to reach the targets that we need to enable us to live with the consequences of ignoring the past 30 years of the effects of unfettered industrialisation and pollution.

Pushing through a Bill which will allow mining companies to extract gas/oil from underneath houses against the wishes of the majority of the general public is immoral, undemocratic and wrong.

Trust in the Government to put the concerns of the majority before its own political wishes has dropped to zero.

Sheila Harvey, Nunthorpe.