Oliver Greenwood, eight, with his
letter to Prime Minister Theresa May about fracking in Derbyshire.
The Star
By Alex Moore
03 February de 2017
An eight-year-old has written to the
Prime Minister to ask for help fighting fracking in Derbyshire.
Oliver Greenwood decided to contact Theresa May after
seeing how upset his mother Wendy was about the possibility of fracking taking
place near the home she was in the process of buying in Marsh Lane, near
Eckington.
Energy company Ineos has been awarded licenses by the
Government to explore the possibility of drilling for shale gas across the East
Midlands - including in Marsh Lane.
Mrs Greenwood, who used to live in Sheffield, was
unaware of the firm's plans before she put an offer in on her dream home, only
finding out after contracts were exchanged earlier this month.
"I was driving to work and spotted a small ‘No
Fracking Way’ sign in Middle Handley," she said.
"I started to panic and pulled up to investigate
online on my phone.
"To my shock and horror I found out about the
proposal. I felt so numb- almost as though I was in a dream.”
The purchase process was far enough advanced that Mrs
Greenwood would lose a significant sum.
She now believes her home could, at worst, be
'unsellable', and has joined some of the local anti-fracking groups to try to
fight Ineos's plans.
Oliver, having seen his mother so upset, decided to
try to help by writing to the country's most powerful politician.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, he said: "My
mummy means the world to me and she is the most amazing mummy in the whole wide
world. She does everything for me on her own.
"Mummy is very sad and I'm sad too. Mummy is sad
because they want to do fracking next to our house that we are buying.
"My mummy has cried every day. She is so worried
that she will lose all her money….
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