Government faces new legal challenge over plans to speed up fracking

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Opponents say revised definition of fracking will allow energy firms to bypass planning rules

The government is facing a fresh legal challenge to its proposals to fast-track new fracking sites by loosening planning regulations. Ministers said this summer they would drop the requirement for shale...

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