Cameron slams "irrational" and "religious" shale gas critics

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Prime Minister explains how he is not prepared to set a decarbonisation target until more information is available on whether carbon capture technologies can work

David Cameron yesterday upped the ante in the increasingly controversial row over the UK's plans to rapidly expand its nascent shale gas industry, accusing some critics of fracking of being "irrational"...

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