Government opens door to rethink on fracking earthquake limits
As fracking resumes in Lancashire, mixed messages emerge from government as it tones down the pro-shale gas rhetoric but hints at a review of crucial tremor rules
Fracking is due to get underway again today at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road site in Lancashire, as the industry tries once more to kickstart commercial shale gas operations in the UK. To date Cuadrilla...
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