Blue and Green: The government is about to include plans in an infrastructure bill to allow energy companies to drill on private land without permission, despite protests of residents and green groups.
The bill will be part of the Queens speech in June and would see changes in the trespass law, so that landowners would receive only a small compensation for drilling operations.
The bill would also make changes to road construction, giving more powers to the Highway Agency to renew the UKs ageing infrastructure....