Government ditches pro-fracking consultant after Sunday Herald investigation

‘The Scottish Government has ditched a major contract to investigate the environmental impact of fracking after the Sunday Herald revealed it had been awarded to an avowed supporter of the controversial technology.

Earlier this month ministers gave a £36,000 contract to the Edinburgh firm Ramboll Environ, but in a dramatic u-turn on Friday night, the deal was abruptly dumped.

Ramboll’s senior consultant on the environmental impacts of fracking and other unconventional gas technologies is Katharine Blythe. On social media sites she has repeatedly made it plain that she is “backing fracking”.’

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