Article 4VZMN 'Black wall' of redacted pages as UK fracking report finally released

'Black wall' of redacted pages as UK fracking report finally released

by
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
from Environment | The Guardian on (#4VZMN)

People will wonder why there is so much the government wants to conceal, says Greenpeace

The government has heavily redacted a secret report into the fracking industry after it was forced to comply with a court order for its release.

The Whitehall report on the UK shale gas sector emerged on Monday after a years-long battle to uncover the hidden documents - but with three quarters of its pages blacked out. The 48-page report, seen by the Guardian, includes 37 pages that are entirely blacked out and only one - the front cover - that was left uncensored.

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