Shale gas planning fails: Is the UK going cold on fracking?

Michael Holder
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Amid recent planning rejections for gas testing in England and questions over fracking firms' financial stability, green campaigners believe the tide is turning in their favour

2018 was supposed to be the long-awaited breakthrough year for the UK's still fledgling shale oil and gas industry. After all, last year had not been kind to the sector. Scotland moved to ban onshore...

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