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    The Telegraph: Fracking Rigs "Could Surround National Parks" Under Government Plans - UK

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Campaigners say that firms may be able to search for shale under the UK's protected national park as long as the rigs stay outside the surface boundaries

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The Telegraph: Fracking Rigs "Could Surround National Parks" Under Government Plans - UK

National parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty risk becoming surrounded by fracking rigs under Government plans to let energy companies extract shale gas from beneath them, campaigners have warned.

Ministers previously agreed to an “outright ban” on fracking in such protected areas, but are this week expected to put forward legislation allowing the controversial process to take place underneath the areas – so long as drilling rigs are stationed just outside their boundaries.

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