Yorkshire village faces petrochemical giant in anti-fracking fight
by Helen Pidd North of England editor, and Harry Gold from Environment | The Guardian on (#4GY29)
Ineos, owned by UK's richest man, wants to overturn ban on well next to sheltered housing
A petrochemical company owned by Britain's richest man is attempting to overrule a Yorkshire council to drill a shale gas well next to a sheltered housing development.
Residents in Woodsetts, Rotherham, have crowdfunded 10,000 to pay a lawyer to help them oppose the application by Ineos to carry out test core drilling on a field just outside the village.
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