Water professionals urge caution over shale gas

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Position paper is the latest in a series of industry reports warning of need for robust monitoring and regulation of shale gas projects

Proposed shale gas projects in the UK should face mandatory environmental risk assessments, according to a water industry body that has become the latest organisation to warn the government it must tread...

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