“… The new regulations issued just weeks after the election say fracking would be allowed to take place below 1,200 metres in national parks, the broads, areas of outstanding natural beauty, world heritage sites and areas that are most vulnerable to groundwater pollution. To do this, fracking companies would have to drill down and sideways from outside protected areas. ”
SSSIs, conservation areas for wildlife and plants, would receive no protection under the regulations.
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