Labour fracking ban near aquifers hailed as 'basic common sense'

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Environmental groups welcome proposed amendment that opposition says would protect drinking water sources

Ministers have no excuse for ignoring a Labour proposal to ban fracking from land that collects drinking water, green groups have said. The proposal to amend the Infrastructure Bill to prohibit the...

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