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Ken Cronin

Greenpeace set up a faux fracking operation outside the country home of British Prime Minister David Cameron this week to protest a government plan to allow fracking companies to drill under private property without the owners' permission.

Greenpeace decides to create a fracking well — under David Cameron’s home

Environment

The British government is set to introduce a bill that critics say would allow gas fracking under people’s homes, without permission. Opponents from Greenpeace responded by setting up a bogus fracking operation outside the country home of Prime Minister David Cameron. The British government is set to introduce a bill that critics say would allow gas fracking under people’s homes, without permission. Opponents from Greenpeace responded by setting up a bogus fracking operation outside the country home of Prime Minister David Cameron.

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