North Yorkshire resists industry pressure to adopt government fracking definition
North Yorkshire plans to use a different definition of fracking than the government, despite lobbying by the shale gas industry, it emerged today.
North Yorkshire plans to use a different definition of fracking than the government, despite lobbying by the shale gas industry, it emerged today.
A former climate diplomat has accused the government of treating people with deception and cynicism over the regulation of fracking.
People living near proposed shale gas exploration sites have raised concerns over whether their communities will receive payments promised by the industry.
When is a frack not a frack? According to the Infrastructure Act, when it uses 999.99 cubic metres of fluid. Add one more cubic centimetre and under the new law it is a frack.