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'Incompatible with climate policy': Scottish government rules out fracking

The Scottish government has promised no licences will be issued for fracking | Credit: Metaphortography
The Scottish government has promised no licences will be issued for fracking | Credit: Metaphortography
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The Scottish government has promised a total ban on fracking across the country, in what it pledged yesterday would be its final word on the matter. The SNP announced a moratorium on fracking in 2015,...

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