IGas’s Ellesmere Port plans ‘incompatible’ with climate targets

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Phil McCann

Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News

BBC Public inquiry at Chester Town HallBBC

The inquiry at Chester Town Hall is the first to look into the effects of onshore gas on climate change

Plans for an onshore gas site in Cheshire will make it “less likely” the UK will meet its commitments on global warming, a public inquiry has heard.

In January 2018, Chester and Cheshire West Council rejected IGas’s plan to test for gas by injecting acid into a well next to the M53 at Ellesmere Port.

The energy company denies protesters’ claims that the work would have a negative impact on the environment.

IGas’s appeal is being heard by a government planning inspector.

Local MP Justin Madders said…



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