Fracking to restart in UK after last-minute legal bid fails
by Adam Vaughan from Environment | The Guardian on (#40P9S)
High court rejects request to temporarily block Cuadrilla operation in Lancashire
The first fracking in the UK for seven years will start on Saturday, the shale gas company Cuadrilla has confirmed, after campaigners lost a last-minute legal challenge to block the operations.
Lancashire resident Robert Dennett won an interim injunction last Friday against Lancashire county council, putting a temporary halt to the start of fracking at a well outside Blackpool.
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