'Climate change effects': High Court brands government fracking guidelines 'unlawful'

BusinessGreen staff
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Court rules new planning guidance on fracking is unlawful as it failed to adequately consider latest scientific evidence

The government's plans to build a domestic fracking industry received yet another blow today, after the High Court ruled the government's new planning guidance on shale gas development was unlawful...

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