Fracking is “quite disruptive, may need thousands of wells and can take a long time” – government minister
An energy minister has rejected industry suggestions that it can produce fracked gas within 18 months.
An energy minister has rejected industry suggestions that it can produce fracked gas within 18 months.
Courts will get new powers aimed at deterring disruptive protests, the home secretary announced this morning.
The UK government has announced changes to public order legislation that would give the police greater powers to restrict protests.
The Conservative MP for INEOS’s first proposed shale gas site has told the government “we do not want the kind of industrialisation this would bring”.