{"id":31766,"date":"2016-10-27T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T10:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=31766"},"modified":"2016-10-27T11:10:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T10:10:14","slug":"uk-public-support-for-fracking-is-collapsing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2016\/10\/27\/uk-public-support-for-fracking-is-collapsing\/","title":{"rendered":"UK public support for fracking is collapsing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The UK government has tracked attitudes on climate change and energy since 2012, releasing new data every few months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This month it released findings from its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/public-attitudes-tracking-survey-wave-19\" target=\"_blank\">19th survey<\/a>, based on face-to-face home interviews with around 2,000 citizens.<\/p>\n<p>For a government that is committed to exploiting the country\u2019s shale gas resources through &#8220;fracking&#8221; it\u2019s not good news \u2013 support is plummeting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wonder how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKOOGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UKOOGroup<\/a> feels about latest @beisgovuk polling? Record low support for fracking &amp; it&#39;s trending down:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WLZFoXsXou\">https:\/\/t.co\/WLZFoXsXou<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJPTrz1nHq\">pic.twitter.com\/aJPTrz1nHq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simon Evans (@DrSimEvans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSimEvans\/status\/791566175138349056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An accompanying explanatory note suggests this may be because many people have a \u201clack of detailed knowledge\u201d of what fracking entails.<\/p>\n<p>Attitudes towards wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy paints an equally intriguing picture.<\/p>\n<p>Despite lukewarm government support for these technologies support remains \u201cconsistently high\u201d with solar, offshore wind and tidal power scoring approval ratings above 75%.<\/p>\n<p>For the full data set check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/public-attitudes-tracking-survey-wave-19\" target=\"_blank\">government\u2019s website<\/a>. Excerpts on renewables and shale gas are below.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Renewables<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Support for renewable energy has been consistently high since the survey began in 2012, at around 75-80%. This pattern has continued at wave 19, with 79% expressing support for the use of renewables. Opposition to renewables was very low at 4%, with only 1% strongly opposed.<\/p>\n<p>Support for renewables was particularly high for people with incomes over \u00a350,000 (89%), in social grade AB (85%), or aged 45-54 (84%). Support for renewables was lower amongst those with household incomes under \u00a316,000 (75%), those aged 65+ (71%), or those in social grades DE (71%).<\/p>\n<p>Support for specific renewable energy types has also remained consistently high over the course of the tracker, and remained stable at wave 19. Solar had the highest support (82%), followed by off-shore wind and wave and tidal (both 75%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eight in ten (79%) were aware of fracking at wave 19, the highest level since the tracker began. Despite many people being aware of fracking, only a small proportion claimed to have detailed knowledge. At wave 19, 14% claimed to know a lot about fracking, whilst 45% said they knew a little, and 20% were aware of it but did not really know what it was. Awareness of fracking was higher for those in social grade AB (91%), home owners (88%), aged over 45 (89%) and with incomes over \u00a350,000 (93%).<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether they support or oppose extracting shale gas, half of respondents selected either the neutral option (48%) or said they did not know (2%). This is likely to partly reflect a lack of detailed knowledge about fracking. Of those who did offer an opinion, more people were opposed (33%) to fracking than supported it (17%). This is the lowest level of support for fracking since the tracker began. However, among those opposed to shale gas, the proportion who strongly opposed has fallen (11%).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Government survey shows fracking policy lacks support, while positive attitudes towards renewables remain high","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,598],"tags":[451,303],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-31766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-fossil-fuels","tag-fracking","tag-uk","type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK public support for fracking is collapsing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Government survey shows fracking policy lacks support, 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