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High Court rules fracking can go ahead

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 12 October 2018 •
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BREAKING: Fracking for shale gas can proceed in the UK for the first time since 2011 as campaigner loses legal appeal

Shale gas company Cuadrilla has won permission to start fracking operations in Lancashire after a legal challenge from campaigner and local resident Bob Dennett failed at the High Court today. The ruling...

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