Total confirmed plans to invest about £30m to help drill two exploratory wells in Lincolnshire...But...fracking has led to protests, with environmentalists fearing the technique could cause small earth tremors, water contamination and environmental damage. Mr Cameron said: "...It will mean more jobs and opportunities for people, and economic security for our country."...[S]hadow energy minister...said..."Only by fully addressing legitimate environmental and safety concerns about fracking with robust regulation and comprehensive monitoring, will people have confidence that the exploration and possible extraction of shale gas is a safe and reliable source that can contribute to the UK's energy mix,"...Greenpeace added: "Cameron is effectively telling councils to ignore the risks and threat of large-scale industrialisation in exchange for cold, hard cash..."Having had their claims that fracking will bring down energy bills and create jobs thoroughly discredited, the government is now resorting to straight up bribery to sell their deeply unpopular fracking policy."