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| ('theguardian.com/business/2018/may/17/fast-track-fracking-plan-by-uk-government-prompts-criticism', 21)                         | In 2015 , the government announced it would step in >>>if councils failed to take decisions within 16 weeks<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/16/lancashire-fracking-debate-they-are-changing-the-laws-to-suit-themselves', 3)          | While he and other local campaigners were popping open champagne corks just over a month ago when Lancashire county council rejected a planning application by shale gas explorer Cuadrilla , they are now coming to terms with the prospect of an even greater struggle as the government last week unveiled a >>>new fast-track policy<<< that would strip local authorities of the right to decide fracking applications unless they approve them swiftly . |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/18/1000-sq-miles-england-opened-up-fracking-new-round-licences', 6)                       | The government >>>promised last week<<< to step in if councils fail to keep to the deadline .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/15/uk-is-going-into-reverse-on-clean-energy-says-former-environment-agency-head', 9)      | Ministers have moved to block onshore windfarms , while >>>fast-tracking fracking<<< , and are expected to announce this week whether planned 90 % cuts to solar subsidies are going ahead .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/18/is-uk-climate-and-energy-policy-hypocritical-or-just-incompetent', 9)                  | Yet just a few weeks later he >>>made it clear that his government would be very happy to overrule local communities<<< when it comes to fracking .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/27/lancashire-fracking-shale-gas-drilling-cuadrilla-greg-clark', 11)                      | The >>>government decided in August<<< to fast-track planning applications for fracking operations if local authorities threaten to block them .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/09/north-yorkshire-faces-new-pressure-to-reject-lastest-fracking-bid', 10)                | NYCC must announce its decision by mid-November or face >>>the threat of intervention by central government<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/09/polish-shale-industry-collapsing-as-number-of-licenses-nearly-halves', 15)             | Poland was initially seen as a standard bearer for the ' shale gas revolution ' in Europe and the retreat by fossil fuel firms there will be closely watched in the UK , where David Cameron 's government >>>is trying to fast-track exploratory drills in the face of local resistance<<< .                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/14/women-linked-to-fall-in-support-for-uk-shale-gas-extraction', 1)                       | The University of Nottingham and YouGov polling comes as the government >>>promises to fast track bids<<< and with North Yorkshire council poised to make a decision on a fracking application next month .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/14/women-linked-to-fall-in-support-for-uk-shale-gas-extraction', 2)                       | The percentage of those in favour of allowing extraction in the UK was at 46.5 % in September , weeks after the energy secretary , Amber Rudd , >>>told local authorities to stop delaying decisions on exploratory fracking<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/23/roseacre-wood-fracking-row-judicial-review', 6)                                        | Separately , the government >>>announced this year<<< that ministers would intervene on planning applications for controversial fracking operations if local authorities fail to act quickly enough .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/26/tory-u-turn-on-fracking-regulations-will-leave-safeguards-totally-inadequate', 25)     | It is completely hypocritical and inconsistent for Ministers to take >>>control away from local people over controversial fracking decisions<<< , while giving greater powers to local people to block windfarm applications .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/07/climate-change-global-warming-refugee-crisis', 27)                                     | Sadly , in the past few months , the UK government has moved in the wrong direction as it 's torn up a long list of climate policies that have been put in place over many years , while at the same time >>>championing brand new fossil fuel infrastructure in the form of fracking<<< .                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/09/uk-experiences-three-earthquakes-a-year-due-to-human-activity-study-says', 15)         | While seismicity has fallen in recent decades , the >>>UK government 's determination to push ahead with shale gas exploration<<< has raised the prospect of it increasing once again .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/17/cameron-gives-top-environment-policy-job-to-oil-man-ahead-of-major-climate-talks', 22) | The government 's commitment to shales gas was underscored in August when ministers said they would >>>intervene on planning applications for fracking operations<<< if local authorities fail to act quickly enough .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/01/uk-ministers-make-it-top-priority-to-ensure-nature-laws-do-not-hamper-fracking', 15)   | Last year shale gas explorer Cuadrilla suffered a major blow when Lancashire county council rejected fracking at Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood , near Blackpool , leading ministers to >>>later promise they would " fast track " fracking applications<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/08/mark-ruffalo-tells-cameron-his-uk-fracking-push-is-an-enormous-mistake', 23)           | The rejection was quickly followed by >>>the government promising to " fast track " fracking applications<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/26/cheshire-police-chief-accuses-fracking-firm-igas-of-irresponsible-behaviour', 16)      | David Cameron has said his government is going " all out " for shale gas , and ministers last year >>>promised to " fast track " planning applications<<< after Lancashire County Council rejected two fracking bids by another shale company , Cuadrilla .                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/19/fracking-investors-losing-patience-with-planning-delays-says-industry-boss', 3)        | Ministers >>>said last August<<< that they would intervene on planning applications if local authorities failed to meet the existing deadline of 16 weeks to approve or reject fracking applications .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/23/north-yorkshire-council-backs-first-uk-fracking-tests-for-five-years', 14)             | In August , >>>ministers said<<< they would intervene in planning applications following industry frustrations that local authorities were not moving quickly enough .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/24/fracking-wins-battle-in-yorkshire-but-not-the-war', 4)                                 | David Cameron pledged the government was " going all out for shale " , George Osborne told ministers to make fracking a personal priority and grant shale gas company " asks " and the government has promised to >>>fast track fracking if councils do n't make quick decisions<<< .                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/26/fracking-no-shale-gas-wells-to-be-drilled-in-uk-this-year', 20)                        | David Cameron said more than two and half years ago that the UK is going " all out for shale " and ministers one year ago promised they would >>>" fast track " bids<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/25/fracking-start-2018-shale-gas-uk-industry-protests', 28)                               | Ineos recently drew the ire of several councils that said they were being bypassed after it sought to use >>>fast-track powers<<< granted by the government in 2015 .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/16/uk-fracking-planning-policy-faces-court-challenges', 21)                               | But shale gas companies have found themselves bogged down in planning battles and delays with local authorities , prompting >>>repeated efforts<<< from the government to ease projects through the planning system .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/08/uk-fracking-backlash-seven-out-of-eight-plans-rejected-in-2018', 12)                   | Ineos is attempting to use >>>fast-track powers created by the government in 2015<<< to get a decision on two separate shale drilling applications , one in Derbyshire and one near Rotherham .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/29/david-cameron-laments-painfully-slow-fracking-progress-in-uk', 8)                      | Under Cameron 's leadership , the coalition government strongly backed the nascent British fracking industry , saying the UK was going " all out for shale " and >>>introducing powers to fast-track applications<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/04/ineos-chairman-jim-ratcliffe-criticises-government-fracking-policies', 23)             | Ministers have already rewritten planning rules to >>>speed up shale gas applications<<< and have proposed a second batch of reforms to make it easier for shale companies to drill exploratory wells .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2015/oct/13/tweets-energy-department-andrea-leadsom', 20)                   | To some , this contrasted starkly with plans to give colossal subsidies to the most expensive power plant ever built - the new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point - and >>>override local<<< opposition to fracking .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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