The government has approved plans to drill for gas near an area of outstanding natural beauty in the Surrey countryside, provoking “ fury and despair ” from environmentalists, residents and the local MP Jeremy Hunt. Campaigners said the decision “ makes a mockery ” of the ministers’ claims to be taking the climate crisis seriously and warned it would irreversibly damage the area.Mr Hunt, backed by some as a potential future Tory leader, blasted the decision that he said would cause “ enormous di
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2022-06-10 00:00:00.0
