Timeline: shale gas in the UK
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2011
2012
2013
2014
October
- Task Force on Shale Gas set up, funded by Cuadrilla, Centrica and Total among others. Headed by Lord Chris Smith, former head of the Environment Agency. Secretariat run by giant PR and lobbying firm Edelman UK.
2015
December
- Task Force on Shale Gas - publishes final report, concluding that 'shale gas can be produced safely and usefully in the UK', and that there is 'no more risk to the public from fracking than other comparable industries'. This echoes industry and UK government's position.
2016
- 23 May - first planning permission granted for fracking in UK in five years to Third Energy by North Yorkshire County Council
