Campaigners urge UK government to close 'fracking moratorium loophole'

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Anti-fracking protestor in Preston in 2015 | Credit: iStock
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Anti-fracking protestor in Preston in 2015 | Credit: iStock

Friends of the Earth warns UK's current ban on fracking does not cover proposed 'small-scale fracking' projects

Friends of the Earth has written to Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband, urging him to close a loophole in the current fracking moratorium "as a matter of urgency", the campaign group revealed...

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