Lord Smith 'hugely sceptical' of fracking for shale oil in the UK

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Former environment agency chief says environmental case for shale oil in the UK is much tougher to make than for shale gas and calls for a single regulator

The former chief of the Environment Agency is "hugely sceptical" on the prospects of fracking for shale oil in the UK, saying it is far from clear that the process should be used to extract quantities...

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