Council extends life of Cuadrilla’s Elswick gas site – subject to traffic plan
The life of a suspended gas well, described by its operator as dry, was extended today by councillors in Lancashire.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
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