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Fracking

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Fracking to be banned on Nottinghamshire Council land

Liz Truss today sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. Photo: Gettyplaceholder image

Fracking site renamed ‘Liz Truss Career Memorial’ on Google Maps

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Opinion: Public ownership needed to protect the environment and power the UK

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‘Listen to the science and invest in clean energy’ says Mansfield anti-fracking ...

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Sherwood Forest councillor makes fresh fracking plea

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Highest ever levels of shale gas in the UK are found at Nottinghamshire site, sa...

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Nottinghamshire County Councillor hands in anti-fracking petition at County Hall

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Everything you need to know about fracking

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Fracking given the green light after legal challenge fails

Plans to frack for shale gas have proved controversial in communities around the UK.placeholder image

Nottinghamshire councillors hit out at bid to change planning laws as '˜blank ch...

The historic Sherwood Forest Nature Reserve is under threat from fracking.placeholder image

Petition launched to oppose fracking in Edwinstowe and Sherwood Forest

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Fracking is not viable claim campaigners

Fracking tour: fracking site.placeholder image

Fracking in our area would need hundreds of wells to become viable, claims repor...

Anti-fracking demonstrators at the Major Oak, Sherwood Forest.placeholder image

'˜Do your frack research'

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LETTER: There are fracking pros and cons

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LETTER: Fracking not the only thing destroying the planet

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LETTER: Fracking - I feel the system is '˜rigged' against us

Fracking rig - Unconventional gas firm Ineos is set on seismic surveys across Nottinghamshire.placeholder image

FRACKING: Notts council distanced itself from Ineos due to campaigners' rally

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LETTER: What's all the negativity about fracking?

Protesters are amassing at the Major Oak tomorrow to show their 'love' for Sherwood Forest.placeholder image

FRACKING: Demo to show 'love for Major Oak'

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LETTER: A big '˜no' to fracking regardless of where it is

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LETTER: Fracking should be avoided

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LETTER: Fracking is a threat to our drinking water

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LETTER: Compared to mining, fracking should be walk in the park

Max Bunting and Florence Joyce give their verdict on the fracking prostest.placeholder image

FRACKING: Notts shale licence '˜would mean granting illegal acts'

A shale well pad in Pittsburgh, US. Picture: Mark Simpsonplaceholder image

A future Labour Government would ban fracking

An artist impression of the Tinker Lane site in operation, by Bassetlaw against Frackingplaceholder image

FRACKING: New application to start shale gas drilling in Notts

Pictured - Protesters were gathering in Preston today for the start of long-awaited hearings into whether to allow fracking for shale gas to go ahead in Lancashire. 

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COMMENT: Let's listen to all the fracking arguments

Fracking rigs like this one are a common site in America.placeholder image

HAVE YOUR SAY: Fracking, King's Mill and Mansfield Market have all divided opini...

A drilling rig onsite for three months during a fracking operation.placeholder image

Petrochemical chief says fracking would be a great opportunity for the Mansfield...

Fracking licence areas yet to be decided (dark green) border on the Peak District, which may soon be opened to exploration.placeholder image

Derbyshire MPs vote in 'sneak' bid to frack under the Peak District

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VIDEO: County council cautious over ‘fracking’ proposals