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Scotland Bans Oil and Gas Fracking

HeadlineOct 04, 2017

Scotland has banned the oil and gas drilling process known as fracking, in a major win for environmentalists. Scotland joins Wales, which banned fracking in 2015, and the move increases pressure on lawmakers in England to reverse their support for the environmentally destructive practice.

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