Guardian: For those backing fracking, the approval of exploration plans at Kirby Misperton in Yorkshire is a vital victory.
But the war is far from won, with public opinion moving ever further against fracking. The more zealously the government goes on the offensive on shale gas, the more people oppose it.
David Cameron pledged the government was going all out for shale, George Osborne told ministers to make fracking a personal priority and grant shale gas company asks and the government has promised...