UK Ministers suppressed damaging fracking report until after crucial vote

‘Campaigners have accused the Government of “dirty tricks of the highest order” after an investigation found a report on fracking was deliberately delayed until after a crucial vote.
Lancashire County Council was asked to vote on two applications by energy company Cuadrilla to drill shale gas in the county, unaware the Government was sitting on a report outlining the issues of water contamination, noise and air pollution, falling house prices, and damage to local industries such as tourism and agriculture.
The sensitive report on the effects of drilling for shale gas in rural areas had been partially released by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in 2014, but was heavily redacted.’
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