Fast-track fracking plan by the government prompts criticism

‘Exploratory drilling will be as easy as building a garden wall or conservatory’ – GreenpeaceFracking opponents have reacted with anger after ministers unveiled measures to help projects through the planning system in England, which campaigners said would make drilling a shale well as easy as building a conservatory.Shale gas explorers will be able to drill test sites in England without applying for planning permission and fracking sites could be classed as nationally significa