Claire Perry rejects Cuadrilla calls to relax fracking tremor rules

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November letter from Energy and Clean Growth Minister to Cuadrilla boss reasserts that existing traffic light system is 'fit for purpose'

Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry has rejected calls from Cuadrilla to relax seismic activity regulations which have hampered the fracking firm's attempts to drill at its site near Blackpool,...

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