Leadsom: Benefits of shale gas are an 'inconvenient truth' for opponents

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Energy Minister accuses anti-fracking campaigners of thinking there is 'a bottomless pit of bill-payers' money to fund renewable energy generation'

Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom has waded into the debate about the government's plans to build a domestic fracking industry, accusing opponents of ignoring the "inconvenient truth" that shale gas can cut...

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