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BBC: The energy department has dismissed a report that "60% of the UK countryside could be exploited" for fracking, the controversial gas extraction method.
The Independent reported that more than 32,000 square miles could be affected, notably in south, north-west and north-east England and central Scotland.
It said it based this on official maps, but the department called the 60% figure "nonsense".
Meanwhile, an anti-fracking protest will be held in London later.
The process of fracking involves......
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United Kingdom: Fracking ‘exploitation’ report dismissed by energy department
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 1st, 2012
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