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Fracking poses ‘significant’ risk to humans and should be temporarily banned across EU
Posted by Independent: Andy Rowell on June 20th, 2015
Independent: A major new scientific study has concluded that the controversial gas extraction technique known as fracking poses a “significant” risk to human health and British wildlife, and that an EU-wide moratorium should be implemented until widespread regulatory reform is undertaken.
The damning report by the CHEM Trust, the British charity that investigates the harm chemicals cause humans and wildlife, highlights serious shortcomings in the UK’s regulatory regime, which the report says will only get...
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United Kingdom: Fracking firm’s plans to look for gas in North Yorkshire criticised by environmental groups
Posted by Independent: Andy Rowell on November 30th, 2014
Independent: As one of Britain's leading independent gas companies applies to frack in North Yorkshire, concerns have also been raised about what campaigners claim are flawed proposals to drill for gas in the nearby North York Moors National Park.
Gas firm Third Energy last week drew intense criticism from local campaigners as well as the local Conservative MP after announcing plans to hydraulically fracture – or "frack" – an existing well at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire.
Rasik Valand, Third Energy's...