Anti-fracking campaigners lose High Court challenge to prevent drilling in Yorkshire

‘Residents from the North Yorkshire village of Kirby Misperton, in Ryedale, were supported by environmental group Friends of the Earth in a bid to block a planning decision which granted permission to allow hydraulic fracturing near their homes.
But Mrs Justice Lang, sitting in London, dismissed their application for judicial review, paving the way for fracking firms to start work.
But resident Reverend Jackie Cray insisted: “It doesn’t end here. There is no support in North Yorkshire for this risky industry.”
Fracking company Third Energy was granted permission by North Yorkshire County Council in May to frack just a quarter of a mile from Rev Cray’s home.’
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