Fracking office gets £2.5m before single unit of shale gas produced

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Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil is key part of government's 'all out' drive for shale gas, alongside generous tax breaks

The government has committed nearly £2.5m of public money to an office to encourage fracking before a single home has been powered by shale gas.

On Monday, the government began a new round of licensing for onshore oil and gas, which opens up around half of the UK to potential fracking, including national parks in "exceptional circumstances."

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