North Yorkshire Council urged to reject fracking application

North Yorkshire Council urged to reject fracking application

Campaigners have urged North Yorkshire Council to reject a controversial planning application that would allow fracking to take place near Scarborough.

Government urged to rewrite definition of fracking

Fracking should be defined by what it does and what it is for – not by how much fluid it uses, the government has been advised. Ministers are being urged to overturn the current legal definition based on volume, which was used for the moratorium on fracking in England. The proposed new definition would close loopholes that currently allow lower-volume fracking, the author said. Fracking equipment at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site near Blackp…