05-11-2017 15:49 via theguardian.com

Fracking protester warns: 'Yorkshire's gorgeous, but that can be taken away’

Test drilling by Third Energy expected to get go-ahead soon at Kirby Misperton, the first in UK since 2011For the past year, Leigh Coghill has devoted her life to one thing – trying to stop the gas exploration company Third Energy from fracking on the outskirts of a tiny village in North Yorkshire. The 26-year-old from Wolverhampton, who “married into Yorkshire”, quit her job working for York council in November last year, deciding to devote herself to the cause.Since September
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