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FROM MITIGATION TO PRECAUTION? A question we've been asking ourselves at Drawing a Line in the Chalk. The proposed Foxholes gas drilling site sits above the Yorkshire Wolds Chalk Aquifer, a Principal Aquifer that supplies drinking water, supports farming and businesses and feeds rare chalk streams such as the Gypsey Race. It is increasingly recognised as a strategically important critical infrastructure natural asset.

Let’s make it clear to PM Burnham, the direction of travel we desire. Relevance to our campaign: Although Rosebank is offshore and our campaign concerns Egdon's onshore exploratory drilling at Foxholes, there is one important parallel.

Keep Objecting - here's some reasons you might deploy to the drilling application.