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DECC says environmental concerns over UK shale gas projects are exaggerated.
Publication date: 18 January 2011
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Following US concerns over shale gas drilling, UK environmentalists are opposing Cuadrillo Resources plans to resume drilling at a shale gas find near Blackpool, Lancashire. But the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) disagrees: We understand that… when carried out correctly, shale gas exploration and development does not pose a threat to aquifers or local communities, the DECC said in a letter.