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...“The volumes of gas returning to surface at this stage are small,” said Francis Egan, Cuadrilla’s chief executive....
...Former prime minister David Cameron said in 2013 that if just 10 per cent of that were extracted by energy companies, it could meet UK gas demand for more than 50 years....
...Francis Egan, chief executive of Cuadrilla, said the Yorkshire decision would “boost” the industry across northern England....
...It also raises serious doubts over the longer-term prospects for fracking in the UK, putting one county council sitting on top of possibly substantial gas resources at odds with David Cameron’s claim to...
...David Cameron has air-dropped support for “Silicon Roundabout”, starting in 2010. But the area was already thriving at that time....
...Caroline Flint, shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change, said: “David Cameron has repeatedly ignored people’s genuine and legitimate environmental concerns over shale gas....
...Francis Egan, Cuadrilla’s chief executive, said the sites were selected after “extensive technical and geological analysis” and that focusing on only two sites “will allow us to reduce the potential impact...
...The government decision was applauded by many in the energy industry who hope it will drive down gas prices by putting the country at the heart of what Prime Minister David Cameron this week described as...
...David Cameron flew to a Bolton bakery on Wednesday to publicise a growing tide of business support for Tory plans to reverse part of Labour’s planned national insurance increase....
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