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Fracking plan 'will release same CO2 as 300 million new cars'

Matthew Taylor, the Observer
clock 25 March 2019 •
Fracking plan 'will release same CO2 as 300 million new cars'

Labour study comes as UK government faces pressure from courts and councils

The government's fracking proposals would release the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as almost 300 million new cars, fatally undermining ministers' obligation to tackle the escalating climate...

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