The Church of England has set itself on a collision course with opponents of hydraulic fracturing \u201d\u201c fracking \u201d\u201c by signalling support for exploration of Britain\u2019s shale gas reserves.<\/p>\n
Philip Fletcher, who chairs the Church\u2019s group on mission and public affairs, compared condemnation of fracking to the mistaken belief that the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine was not safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe evidence for that was totally unsound, yet the damage caused by denying children the benefits of immunisation was huge,\u201d\u009d he told the Financial Times.<\/p>\n
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