Government accused of watering down National Park fracking regulations... again

Jessica Shankleman
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New amendments to Infrastructure Bill seek to relax rules around methane emissions and could allow drilling beneath National Parks

The government has revealed plans to water down a set of regulations designed to tighten the rules for fracking projects, despite last week backing the measures as part of the Infrastructure Bill. Green...

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