Ministers have been urged to close a ‘loophole’ in the fracking ban.
Plans to open a ‘mini fracking’ site in Burniston, North Yorkshire, were met with outrage from campaigners and residents and were rejected by North Yorkshire Council last month.
Europa Oil and Gas, which put forward the application, said it could extract at least 41billion cubic feet of gas, powering the equivalent of 130,000 homes.
The company said it will appeal the council’s decision, claiming that mini fracking was ‘completely safe’.
But now campaigners are lobbying the Government to close a ‘loophole’ in the fracking moratorium to include smaller sites such as Burniston.
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