article_snippet.sent: More people in Britain back fracking than are opposed to it, a Greenpeace survey has found.
article_snippet.sent: Some 42 per cent of those polled said those polled supported shale gas extraction, while 35 per cent disagreed with using the controversial technique.
article_snippet.sent: More people in Britain back fracking than are opposed to The anti-fracking environmental campaign group, a Greenpeace survey has found .
article_snippet.sent: Only 24 per cent of people said cent of people supported fracking in a Department of Energy and Climate Change public attitudes survey published in February.
article_snippet.sent: A similar poll by YouGov in January put approval for extracting shale gas at 35 per cent and opposition at 41 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: By contrast only 29 per cent of women backed fracking.
article_snippet.sent: Other results of the study suggest the issue could help to swing the result in marginal constituencies at next month's General Election, the campaign group claimed.
article_snippet.sent: Nearly a third of people would be less likely to vote for a candidate who supports fracking in people area, the polling found.
article_snippet.sent: Only 13 per cent would be more inclined to support the polling, although 44 per cent said it would have no impact on how the polling cast the polling vote.
article_snippet.sent: At least 35 of the seats being targeted in the Tories' election strategy are in areas licensed for fracking, as are 11 Labour and eight Lib Dem seats held with a swing of two per cent or less.
article_snippet.sent: One in ten Conservative voters, nearly a quarter of Lib-Dem supporters and a fifth of Labour backers said Labour backers were 'much less likely' to vote for a candidate in favour of fracking in Labour backers constituency.
article_snippet.sent: Ken Cronin, chief executive of fracking industry body UK Onshore Oil and Gas, said: 'This poll – ironically commissioned by people who oppose fracking – shows that when presented with the real facts about the safety and low environmental impact of shale gas operations, British people will support onshore oil and gas exploration. '
article_snippet.sent: The poll also shows that 57 per cent people say that a candidate's support for fracking either makes 57 per cent people more likely to vote in 57 per cent people favour or no difference.
article_snippet.sent: Greenpeace's own facts simply do not support Greenpeace's own facts rhetoric on fracking.'
article_snippet.sent: A Greenpeace spokesman said: 'It's odd for the fracking industry to be welcoming these latest figures.
article_snippet.sent: Compared to a similar survey from a year ago, public support for fracking has actually fallen. '
article_snippet.sent: Even Tory voters say Even Tory voters are more likely to vote for a candidate opposing fracking in Even Tory voters constituencies than for someone who's in favour of it. '
article_snippet.sent: The government and the fracking lobby have thrown the kitchen sink at propping up dwindling public backing for the fracking industry, and The government and the fracking lobby have very little to show for the fracking industry.'
highlights_snippet.sent: 42 per cent of those polled said those polled support shale gas extraction .
  