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United Kingdom: Councils face 'contradictory roles'
2014-01-13 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Government moves to persuade councils to support fracking have been condemned as giving them "contradictory roles" and undermining trust in local government decisions, according to anti-fracking campaigners and an MP whose constituency has a site that is being explored for drilling. The prime minister, David Cameron, announced on a visit to a site close to Gainsborough in Lincolnshire on Monday that councils would be allowed to keep 100% of business rates from fracking operations rather than 50%...
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