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BBC: An application to start the first fracking operation in the UK for four years is being considered by a council.
Energy firm Cuadrilla wants to extract shale gas at Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood on the Fylde Coast, in Lancashire.
The county council is considering the bid, after fracking was suspended in the UK in 2011.
Protests were held outside the hearing in Preston where 70 people - for and against fracking - will be speaking.
The application for Little Plumpton was recommended......
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Bid for UK’s fracking return debated
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 23rd, 2015
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