Was it climate fears, widespread opposition, earthquakes or incompetent PR which eventually sounded the death knell for shale gas?
"I have concluded that we should put a moratorium on fracking in England with immediate effect." Those were Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom's words contained in a shock government statement released...
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