Leading UK fracking firm taken over by green energy group

Third Energy now has absolutely no interest in fossil gas' and is targeting renewable energy

A high-profile UK fracking company has been taken over by a green energy group and now has an anti-fracking campaigner as a director.

Yorkshire-based Third Energy was at the forefront of efforts to produce fossil gas and intended to use high-pressure fluids to fracture shale rocks under the county. But it was hampered by permit delays and fierce local opposition.