Scottish Government to re-consider Fracking by Ineos. An inquiry that closed six years ago…

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Dismay as Ineos triggers plan to re-open coal gas inquiry…

A Scottish Government proposal to re-open a public inquiry into plans by Ineos to drill for underground coal gas in central Scotland has been greeted with dismay by campaigners.

The government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) has written to developers and objectors suggesting that an inquiry that closed six years ago should now re-convene to consider changes in policy – and Brexit.

The move follows The Ferret’s report on 18 February revealing that Ineos, which runs the Grangemouth petrochemical complex, was attempting to resurrect a plan to sink 14 gas wells around Airth, near Falkirk. The aim is to extract methane from underground coal seams, using a technology related to fracking. READ MORE: https://theferret.scot/inquiry-reopen-coal-bed-methane-airth/

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