Guardian: Hundreds of government-funded boreholes are set to be drilled across Britain to try to persuade the public that a looming shale gas boom can be developed safely, the Observer has learned. Sensors in the boreholes would detect possible water pollution or earthquakes caused by fracking and the information would be made public.
We will be taking the pulse of the sub-surface environment and will reveal if things are going wrong, but also if they are going right, said Professor Mike Stephenson, director...