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Speakers:
Prof Mike Stephenson, Head of Science (Energy), British Geological Survey
Prof Peter Styles, Professorial Research Fellow, Keele University
The SMC invited two experts in the geology and geophysics of ‘fracking’ (hydraulic fracturing) to brief journalists on the issues of seismic activity and methane leakage around the controversial issue of shale gas extraction.