Guardian: Planning authorities have been banned from considering whether renewable energy plants would be a better fit for their communities, if they receive an application for a fracking mine. Documents released by the government stress that local authorities should instead recognise that "mineral extraction is essential to local and national economies". This is despite a Department for Communities and Local Government document highlighting 16 environmental risks linked to the process, including seismic......
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United Kingdom: Ignore fracking protests, government tells planners
Posted by Guardian: Daniel Boffey and Tracy McVeigh on August 3rd, 2013
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