Yorkshire fracking approval may be unlawful, campaigners say
by Nazia Parveen North of England correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#1GR87)
Decision to allow shale gas tests in village of Kirby Misperton could be challenged in court, Friends of the Earth says
Anti-fracking campaigners have claimed that a decision to allow energy companies to drill for shale gas in Yorkshire could be challenged in court.
The fracking firm Third Energy was given permission last month to carry out test drilling at a site in Kirby Misperton in Rydale, North Yorkshire, even after locals opposed the application.
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