Climate Change Committee: Fracking only viable if strict carbon conditions met

Michael Holder
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Long-awaited CCC shale gas report says three 'tests' on methane leaks, gas consumption and emissions offsetting must be met if fracking is to be delivered in the UK

Wide scale shale gas extraction cannot be compatible with UK carbon budgets unless strict conditions are met to address methane leaks, gas consumption, and emissions offsetting, the Committee on Climate...

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