Naomi Klein: UK fracking trespass law flouts democratic rights

Guardian: Ministers’ rewriting of the law to allow fracking to happen beneath people’s homes without their permission flouts basic democratic rights, according to Naomi Klein. The author and activist said that UK government’s changes to trespass laws, to speed up the ability for shale gas companies to frack beneath landowners’ property, was energising resistance to fracking in Britain. “What is animating the anti-fracking movement? Yes, it’s water. It’s also a defence of democracy. The fact the government......

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