Fracking controls ‘removed in dash for unconventional energy resources’

Independent: Local communities are set to lose control over key environmental decisions affecting whether fracking can go ahead within their midst, it is claimed. Campaigners opposing the industrial-scale exploitation of shale gas reserves in the British countryside said the Government has removed key democratic controls in its dash to bring unconventional energy resources on stream. Under planning guidelines published last week, councils will no longer be able to investigate issues such as seismic activity,......

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