New Scientist: Opencast coal mines were once routinely delayed by local councils amid unfounded health concerns. The same is happening with fracking, warns a professor of energy engineering
It is a relief to see that the pseudoscientific gobbledygook deployed against fracking has not prevailed. I say that despite the rejection of two high-profile attempts by energy firm Cuadrilla to win consent to explore for shale gas in Lancashire, UK.
The reasons given for rejecting the planning applications are the classic...