Greenpeace slammed over anti-fracking ad

Jessica Shankleman
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Advertising watchdog upholds complaint after NGO said experts agree that fracking would not cut energy bills

Greenpeace has been banned from claiming that fracking for shale gas won't cut energy bills, after its adverts was contested by Labour peer Lord Lipsey. But the NGO has dismissed the ruling as "baseless"...

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