Extraction. Its also, fracking can be spelled with a c, its also the term is high volume hydraulic fracturing or hvhf which is really what were going to be talking to this afternoon. Next slide, please. So the thing thats important when were talking about fracking is that theres often a very important disconnect between what industry is saying and what is expected and understood in the popular press and the public. Of so when industry says there arent any accidents attributed to fracking, theyre talking about a very small portion of the shale gas extraction process. When the public and most journalists talk about fracking, theyre talking about the entire shale gas extraction process. So theres, its important to understand this distinction. Sometimes people are saying things that are technically true but are misleading in the context because of the disconnect between the language. Next slide. So this is what the shale gas extraction process looks like. And this is from a u. S. Epa study
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Transition of power. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country, and to those who broke the law, you will pay. Wales has extended its lockdown by another three weeks with schools and colleges there remaining closed to most pupils until the february half term. And coming up, as the Coronavirus Vaccine roll out ramps up well be speaking to a pharmaceutical logistics expert about the challenges of distributing the vaccines across the uk. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. People arriving into the uk will soon have to provide a negative coronavirus test in order to enter the country. Arrivals, including uk nationals will have to take a test 72 hours before they are due to leave the country they are in. It will apply whether youre arriving by boat, train or plane. Those exempt from the new rules will include hauliers and children under the age of 11, and people travelling within the uk or ireland. The measures are expected to start as e
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