Sir Paul McCartney leads new band of celebrity fracking campaigners

James S Murray
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Former Beatle among those backing new campaign calling for a moratorium on UK fracking while the risks associated with shale gas exploration are re-assessed

The government is already aware that its plans to expand fracking activity in the UK will face opposition from green campaigners and local protesters, but they probably had not banked on Sir Paul McCartney...

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